dyer & blair investment bank limited type private industry investment financial services brokerage founded 1954 1954 founder messrs derek ingram dyer patrick murdoch blair headquarters pension towers loita street nairobi kenya area served east africa key people chairman jimnah mbaru ceo paul orem products asset management brokerage service investment banking investment management unit trusts advisory and research website home page dyer & blair investment bank is a kenyan investment firm that engages in regional investment banking securities investment management and other financial services with both individual and institutional clients . it is regulated by the capital markets authority . contents 1 history 2 markets 3 achievements 4 see also 5 references history edit dyer & blair investment bank was founded in nairobi in 1954 as a partnership of stockbrokers hickman & grey . in that year it became one of the six founding members of the nairobi stock exchange nse established in the same year . 1 in 1956 messrs derek ingram dyer & patrick murdoch blair took over ownership from hickman & grey and changed the firm s name to dyer & blair to represent the new ownership . the kenya commercial bank kcb acquired full ownership of dyer & blair partnership in 1973 and incorporated the partnership it into a limited liability company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of the bank . this was in the aim of offering brokerage services to their clients . in 1983 kcb sold its entire shareholding in dyer & blair 2 to local investors including business man jimnah mbaru . dyer & blair converted into a fully fledged licensed investment bank in 2004 . markets edit dyer & blair operates in east africa through its whole owned subsidiaries in kenya uganda 3 and rwanda . 4 the investment bank is a member of the nse use and the rse . achievements edit dyer & blair won the tender to be the transaction adviser for the usd 840 million safaricom ipo . this was to the largest offering in the eastern africa region . the firm was selected as the sole adviser for the acquisition of a 24.99 % stake by investment partners a private equity firm in equity bank group of kenya for usd 179 million . this was one of the largest mergers & acquisition transaction in the eastern africa region . was the lead adviser for the bralirwa ipo . this was the first ipo on the rwanda stock exchange . was the lead adviser for the nic insurance uganda ipo . this was the first insurance company to list on the uganda stock exchange . 5 see also edit nairobi securities exchange uganda securities exchange rwanda stock exchange list of investment banks in kenya dfcu group references edit dyer & blair investment bank history kcb makes comeback to the capital markets uganda dyer & blair opens investment shop dyer & blair offices dyer & blair milestones achievements retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dyer % 26 blair investment bank & oldid 691217342 categories companies of kenyacompanies based in nairobinairobi1954 establishments in kenya navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 november 2015 at 11 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view