Investment Banking

Investment Banking

Quants Capital Limited (QCL) provides Investment Banking [IB] solutions to a broad range of users of capital, specifically, corporations, institutions, and governments. Using our in-depth knowledge of local and international capital markets, we offer our clients a range of traditional and alternative solutions to raise capital as well as navigate market challenges.

Our IB team employs a client-centred approach in addressing all of our clients’ investment banking needs. We strive to build trust, long-term relationships and provide holistic solutions that enable our clients to meet their most important business objectives.

Our services can be summarized under three broad headings: Capital Markets, Alternative Financing, and Corporate Advisory.

I.   Capital Market Services

We offer wholistic capital raising solutions from origination to structuring, executing, and syndicating financing for clients. We facilitate and conduct capital raise in both tradition and non-traditional markets. Specifically, we assist our clients to rase funding from Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets as well via Structured Products.

Equity Capital Markets

In the equity capital markets, our services leverage our expert knowledge, network of highly skilled professional support and strong distribution capabilities. QCL offers our clients services in raising equity both on the public and private market in Jamaica and the Caribbean via:

  • Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
  • Additional Public Offerings (APOs)
  • Convertible Issues
  • Private Placements

Debt Capital Markets

QCL works directly with users of capital, including corporations and sovereign governments that seek funding by offering these clients access to local and regional credit markets. We combine superior debt origination and structuring expertise with exceptional distribution capabilities to get investors access to capital from suitable investors.

We advise our clients on debt financing strategies and execute on a variety of transactions from a simple loan to multi-billion-dollar capital raising across asset classes in both public and private issuances of debt.

Structured Finance

Our structured finance capabilities allow us to provide unique and creative solutions to our clients. This may include, but is not limited to, leveraged financing to companies to help them achieve objectives such as acquisitions, buy-outs, repurchasing shares or funding a one-time dividend or investment. Quantas Advantage will arrange leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and mezzanine debt for clients.

II.  Alternative Financing Services

The QCL structured products team provides alternative (non-traditional) financing solutions to our investors which allows them greater access to capital. Our alternative financing services allows our institutional and corporate clients to gain access to and utilize value that was previously trapped on their balance sheet. Some of our alternative financing solutions include invoice financing or factoring, revenue-based financing, alternative lines of credit and asset securitization.

Our team also works with institutional investors looking to perform collateral upgrades by pledging assets such as equities, fixed income, and high-quality liquid assets. Our innovative, cost-effective platform leverages dedicated funds to provide clients with comprehensive solutions and viable alternatives to traditional credit facilities.

Clients who make QCL their alternative financing solutions partner, benefit from stable, long-term financing tailored to their specific needs and can take advantage of diversified financing options.

 

III.   Corporate Finance Advisory Services

This is our consultation service offered to clients on a variety of corporate finance areas such as capital management and balance sheet reengineering, project financing and capital raising activities (both public and private), liquidity management, credit-linked market solutions and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Our Corporate Finance Advisory Services are available to corporate clients, institutional clients as well as governments including quasi-government agencies. Clients who utilize this service benefit from:

  1. Independent, product-agnostic advice that drives decisions across products, sectors, and markets.
  2. A team of highly qualified experts with relevant experience in the local and regional investment banking field.
  3. Recommendations and solutions developed with product groups that consider each client’s specific and unique characteristics and needs such as regulatory nuances and financial goals.