Centrum, AWR Lloyd joins hands to offer infra i-banking services

Centrum Capital, the investment banking arm of the diversified financial services organization, Centrum Group said on Tuesday that it joined hands with AWR Lloyd, an Indo-Pacific strategy consulting and corporate finance advisory firm to offer investment banking products and services.
Both the companies will work closely with private and public sector companies and financial institutions to offer scalable investment banking products, groundbreaking solutions and actionable insights for more sustainable development along with an extensive outreach to long-term investors, including Impact funds, they said in a statement.

As part of the understanding, AWR Lloyd and Centrum will combine their expertise across the Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Clean-Tech, Logistics and Mobility sectors.

“The Infrastructure sector continues to present huge opportunities in the fund-raising and corporate advisory space, which combined with a focus on Sustainability Transformation will prove to be immensely value accretive in the long run,” said Sandeep Upadhyay, Managing Director (Infrastructure Advisory) at Centrum Capital.

Established in the year 2000, AWR LLoyd has a 22-year track record in providing strategy, equity and project advisory services across the Indo-Pacific region from Southeast Asia to the Middle East, with strong UK and Australia clientele. Centrum Capital’s Infrastructure Advisory covers a wide range of sectors such as Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Electric Mobility, Logistics and Warehousing amongst others.

“The Centrum-AWR Lloyd alliance will bring fresh and innovative perspectives to clients in India. The new partnership will formulate bespoke solutions and implement transactions for clients in India designed to accelerate transformation to more sustainable business models, capital structures and asset portfolios,” said Alexander Wood, CEO and Co-Founder of AWR Lloyd.

Centrum, led by former Standard Chartered top honcho Jaspal Bindra, is an integrated financial services firm, with presence in corporate finance, foreign exchange, wealth management, equity capital markets, debt execution, institutional broking and investment banking services.