14 | Acquisition International, Worldwide Finance Awards 2024 Jul24047 Corporate Finance Firm of the Year 2024 - MEA t its core, Global Islamic Financial Services Firm (GIFS) is a premier global corporate finance firm with a strict adherence to Islamic finance practice. Its suite of innovative and leading services and products are afforded to corporations, financial institutions, investment banks, governments, and export credit agencies alike. One of the defining elements of this service is the regulated private equity investment funds that are provided to those in various economic sectors, from manufacturing to biotechnology, agriculture, and general trading. Presenting all of its services according to the Shariah religious law that is an integral part of Islamic tradition, GIFS also offers a wide range of bespoke Shariah consultancy services, which it seamlessly converts into practical and proactive solutions that can be tailored to businesses of any sort and their unique needs, regardless of how complex these may be. As an extension of this commitment, GIFS also offers a stellar Shariah advisory/training service, perfect for those seeking to offer Islamic finance products to their own clients. Boasting the assistance of a global advisory board that is comprised of experts in this field as well as keen scholars, it is the expertise of this group that sees the necessary insight afforded to the firm so that it may continue to more than meet the needs of clients from all over the world. Aside from this advisory board, GIFS has also cemented its status in this space through its forming of a robust Islamic finance network, which sees it able to draw from a wealth of experience that includes the likes of bankers, corporate advisors, and lawyers. Together with this network – which has serviced clients throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australasia, and South America – the company also leverages the innate skill of its global team, a workforce that possesses more than 300 years of combined experience in corporate financial settings. It is experience such as this that has resulted in the firm currently being the trusted advisor to more than 65 global banks and financial institutions, with approximately 800 million USD worth of assets currently under its management. Focusing primarily on such sectors as financial services, healthcare, commercial real estate, technology, logistics, and agriculture, GIFS is incredibly proud of the achievements it has fostered across these environments. Just some of these include world firsts such as delivering a Shariah compliant biological wildlife vehicle and a Murabaha stock leveraging product in the UAE, as well as regional firsts like providing the first Shariah compliant hotel in Africa and the USA’s first Shariah compliant asset/investment management structure. All of these accomplishments have been made possible by the fact that GIFS remains the only corporate Islamic banking and finance company to structure, certify, and even raise the capital for these related products, with its team taking an idea at the concept stage and funding its development and production holistically, all at a fraction of both the cost and the time that it would take with any other provider. The firm has the statistics on its side to back this up, including a zero percent loss across all of its investment portfolios. From identifying and mitigating risk through to optimising a business’ performance significantly, GIFS works closely with every client to develop the right solution for them and their unique needs. Its standard set of procedures ensures that compliance is achieved every step of the way, and the high levels of cooperation and collaboration that its team nurture with customers sees the gold standard for ethics and confidentiality set every step of the way, be it concerning processes, policies, guidelines, or structures. Recognised as the Corporate Finance Firm of the Year 2024 – MEA, Global Islamic Financial Services Firm is renowned for its ability to unlock real value and offer boutique investments and advisory products to its global client base. Its dedicated service is seeing it on track to build a reputation as one of the greatest firms of this nature on the planet, a mission we wish it the best of luck in. Contact: Ismail Ebrahim Desai Company: Global Islamic Financial Services Firm Web Address: https://www.gifsrv.com With the slogan, “financial services for the future”, it should come as no surprise that forward-looking enterprise Global Islamic Financial Services Firm – which is headquartered in Durban, South Africa but also has offices in the UAE and Turkey – has been operating with sustained excellence since first opening its doors back in 2012. Specialising in financial advisory services worldwide, just some of this company’s areas of expertise include auditing, investment management, and accounting. A
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