Report
Ankur Khetawat
EUR 145.82 For Business Accounts Only

Poised to rerate

A strong rebound in regional markets will continue providing tailwind to the IB platform’s valuation. While the stock currently factors in EFG’s non-core portfolio, it is yet to price-in the investment banking (IB) platform. Several factors—strong economic recovery in Egypt, the Saudi market opening up, and MSCI upgrading UAE and Qatar from FM to EM status—should increase foreign participation in MENA markets, directly benefitting EFG’s revenues. Also, cost-optimisation should reduce operating leverage and increase profitability. Reflecting this, we assume a 33% CAGR for 2013-16e revenues, mainly driven by EFG’s brokerage fee income (+37%) and IB fees (2x).

Underlying
Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Co GDR

Provider
CI Capital
CI Capital

CI Capital is a diversified financial services group and Egypt’s leading provider of leasing, microfinance, and investment banking products and services.

Through its headquarters in Cairo and presence in New York and Dubai, CI Capital offers a wide range of financial solutions to a diversified client base that include global and regional institutions and family offices, large corporates, SMEs, and high net worth and individual investors.

CI Capital leverages its full-fledged investment banking platform to provide market leading capital raising and M&A advisory, asset management, securities brokerage, custody and research. Through its subsidiary Corplease, CI Capital offers comprehensive leasing solutions, including finance and operating leases, and sale and leaseback, serving a wide range of corporate clients and SMEs. In addition, CI Capital offers microfinance lending through Egypt’s first licensed MFI, Reefy.

The Group has over 1,700 employees, led by a team of professionals who are among the most experienced in the industry, with complementary backgrounds and skill sets and a deep understanding of local market dynamics.

CI Capital has been recognized as the “Best Investment Bank in Egypt” by EMEA Finance for four years running from 2013-2016, and by Global Finance in 2014 and 2015.

Analysts
Ankur Khetawat

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