As a group which has grown rapidly by acquisition and which is widely dispersed geographically, the company has certain overriding requirements. These include a strong central function to ensure that systems are efficient and effective, timely and accurate management reporting and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

Our management philosophy combines the commercial skills of a merchant banker with the vision and understanding of a development banker. We consciously practices a macro or total involvement approach to investment, operating as fund managers, financiers, consultants and advisors - according to the nature and requirements of investments and the parties involved.

As in any dynamically growing business, the financial services industry of merchant banking is developing so rapidly that definitions may vary from one company to another.

To us merchant banking means the blending of two distinct aspects of banking for its corporate customers: one aspect involves lending capacity and a range of commercial banking services; the other comprises the advisory, trust and agency services which involve intermediary skills and the entrepreneurial expertise of an investment bank.

CCB is a financial resource firm established to invest in sound business opportunities. In this regard, the firm is a non-traditional funding organization. We have identified several key sectors which it is particularly interested in investing in. These prime areas of interest are re-assessed regularly depending on the fluctuating fortunes of the overall international business environment, and are currently focused on:

• Debt Financing
• Equity Financing
• Emerging Countries Financing