Amar Finance & Leasing Co. Information

Amar Finance and Leasing Company (“Amar”), registered with Central Bank of Kuwait, and listed in the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE Ticker: AMAR, Bloomberg: Amar KK Equity), was established in 2004 as a Shari'a compliant real estate finance company with a capital of KD 20 million. Amar currently engages in a variety of financial activities, namely commercial real estate Islamic financing (through Murabaha and Ijara contracts), proprietary investments into multiple asset classes and corporate finance. Amar focuses on differentiating its position in the market place with respect to the services and products it offers. In real estate finance, Amar seeks transactions that require a certain level of structuring. Amar arranges financing for financial transactions – predominantly real estate - either directly or in the Islamic capital markets through issuing Shari 'a compliant financial instruments. Investment banking services in the domains of: - Structured products and sukuks - Investment offerings and advisory services * Investment Banking Services : 1) Corporate Finance: Capital Market Services M&A advisory Corporate Advisory Real Estate Advisory 2) Structured Products: Amar’s widely experienced team continuously works towards launching innovative and out of the box investment solutions and structured products to maximise investors wealth. The company offers products using a combination of assets including equities, bonds, derivatives etc. to create investment avenues which generate returns in diverse market conditions. Amar currently provides a wide range of structured products including inflation linked structures, capital protected Instruments, momentum based investment strategy products etc. These products are structured to be Shari'ah compliant for the Islamic investor and therefore, provide accessibility to otherwise non-Islamic investment opportunities in a Shari'ah compliant product.