Investment Banking

Liquidity, execution and market insight.

Markets reward those who can act with conviction and speed. Our trading desks give clients direct access to liquidity across asset classes, paired with the intelligence to use it well.

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The Desk

Execution you can trust, intelligence you can use.

Good execution is invisible — the right price, achieved discreetly, without moving the market against you. Our traders combine access to deep pools of liquidity with a disciplined, client-first approach to every order.

Around that execution sits a flow of market intelligence: where liquidity is building, how flows are positioning and what the macro calendar means for your exposures. We share what we see, so you trade from a position of insight.

Client-first execution

We act as agent in your interest, sourcing competitive pricing and minimising market impact — never trading against the client we serve.

Risk & hedging advisory

From FX exposure to interest-rate and commodity risk, we help corporates and institutions hedge with instruments matched precisely to their underlying.

Markets We Cover

Across every major asset class.

One relationship, full-market access — with specialists on each desk.

Equities

Cash equity execution across regional and international markets, block trading and access to primary issuance.

Foreign Exchange

Spot, forward and swap execution in major and West African currency pairs, with Dalasi liquidity and hedging.

Fixed Income & Rates

Government and corporate bonds, money-market instruments and interest-rate hedging across the curve.

Commodities

Exposure and hedging across precious metals, energy and agricultural commodities relevant to regional trade.

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In trading, the edge is rarely the price you see — it's the context you bring to it.
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Common Questions

Sales & trading, clarified.

Our desks serve corporate, institutional and qualifying private clients of the bank. Access is arranged through your relationship manager, who connects you to the relevant specialists.

Yes. We assess your underlying exposure and structure forwards, swaps or options to match it — so hedging reduces risk rather than adding a new one. This is core work for importers, exporters and cross-border investors.

We act in your interest, source competitive pricing across available venues and manage order timing to minimise market impact. Our role is agency execution, aligned with the client we represent.

Clients receive desk colour and macro updates from our Research & Advisory team, including views on rates, currencies and commodities relevant to their positions.

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Trade with insight.

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