verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message watani investment company nbk capital type private joint stock industry investment banking founded kuwait city kuwait 2005 founders consortium of kuwaiti merchants area served kuwait dubai istanbul cairo number of employees over 170 parent national bank of kuwait website nbkcapital.com watani investment company nbk capital is a financial services firm with operations across the middle east . nbk capital was established in july 2005 as a fully owned subsidiary of the national bank of kuwait nbk the largest kuwaiti bank and the highest rated in the middle east . 1 nbk capital focuses on four principal lines of business alternative investments asset management brokerage and investment banking . nbk capital operates regionally in kuwait dubai egypt and turkey with over 170 investment professionals . nbk capital s investment banking group sells advisory services whether debt equity or m & a advisory to clients across sectors . the alternative investments group at nbk capital manages three funds under its two main divisions private equity nbk capital equity partners fund a 250 million regional private equity fund and the kuwait investment opportunities fund a kuwaiti 120 million private equity fund launched in 2008 . mezzanine nbk capital gsc group mezzanine fund a 200 million mezzanine fund the asset management group manages 49 investment funds with assets under management exceeding 10.2 billion . the funds are diversified across asset classes and include money markets equities islamic alternative investments and real estate . the brokerage group at nbk capital provides a full brokerage service which offers online institutional and personal brokerage services . this comes hand in hand with the published research in which nbk capital aims to provide objective fundamental research on middle east and north africa mena capital markets . in april 2015 nbk capital acted as joint lead manager in the launching of a 700 million bond by the national bank of kuwait . 2 external links edit nbk capital s website references edit national bank of kuwait gets top me ratings . trade arabia . 12 september 2015 . retrieved 15 december 2015 . 700 million bond issued by nbk . gulf daily news . 2 april 2015 . retrieved 17 april 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nbk capital & oldid 736576444 categories companies of kuwaitinvestment companiesinvestment banksprivate equity firms of the middle easthidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional references 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 edit links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 12 40 . 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