AKDSL

With the acquisition of BIPLS in June 2022 AKDSL has now positioned itself as Pakistan’s largest full service brokerage and non-bank advisory institution.

BIPL Securities Limited (BIPLS) was a full service brokerage house listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with a history dating back to the 1960’s. BIPLS adds over four decades of excellence in financial services across Pakistan’s Capital Markets to AKDSL’s existing market leading brokerage and investment banking platforms.

AKDSL’s core strategy is underpinned by an unwavering focus on exceeding client expectations through unmatched excellence across the financial services spectrum. At AKDSL technology leads production innovation and provides us with key hall marks across our time line such as the introduction of Pakistan first online trading platform. Our market leading domestic and foreign institutional brokerage is supported by a globally recognized independent research unit. Our ECM/DCM desks round up the largest advisory business outside of commercial banks in Pakistan with key hall marks including transactions for the Government of Pakistan under various Privatization programs and capital raising for the largest private sector corporates in Pakistan. Our Investment Banking and Advisory Business has a 40% market share in all fresh capital raised since 2008 driving growth across Pakistan’s Capital Markets through growth capital.

AKD Securities Limited has consistently held a market leading share of at least 8-10% of the Daily Traded Value at the Pakistan Stock Exchange and with the acquisition of BIPL are market share is expected at over 18% of the PSX ADTV. AKDSL Hi Touch trading covers over 100 institutions, both domestic and international, alongside high net worth clients across several sectors. A large and diversified institutional as well as retail client base enables us to execute regular orders, large block trades and private placements with speed, efficacy and minimum impact cost.

Our sales team are trained to be proactive and provide our clients with real-time actionable updates by breaking news flow followed by impact assessment through our research team. This allows our clients to remain ahead of the curve in terms of information efficiency.

Our International Institutional Desk has various global partners who we consistently work with in lockstep. However our objective has always been to maintain a strong servicing relationship with the end-client allowing them to route business to us through our multiple arrangements for execution through a wide global partner network. Our primary focus is to market Pakistan’s promising economic story by actively encouraging reserve roadshows while also consistently taking corporate access to every major global financial center.