PBIL launches ‘Capital Connect’ to bridge emerging sectors with investment opportunities

Prime Bank Investment Limited (PBIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has launched its flagship initiative, Capital Connect: PBIL–Industry Engagement, with a high-impact debut focused on the Health & Pharma sector on 26 May 2025.

In his keynote, Syed M Omar Tayub, Managing Director & CEO of PBIL, stated, `Capital Connect is our signature platform to engage industry leaders, surface actionable insights and unlock capital access to accelerate investment readiness. Our goal is to catalyze the next wave of growth across Bangladesh’s emerging sectors.’

Capital Connect is a recurring industry-focused platform designed to accelerate sectoral growth through strategic market mapping, investment readiness enablement, facilitating access to capital, offering guidance on liquidity management and wealth strategy, and driving policy change through evidence-based research, reflecting PBIL’s vision to accelerate market preparedness and drive long-term value creation while reinforcing its commitment to broadening #AccessToCapital, according to a media release. 

The inaugural session was joined by senior management from over a dozen mostly non-listed emerging pharmaceutical companies.

Discussions centered on capital raising instruments including IPOs, green bonds, Sukuk, PE, and FDI as well as corporate governance, financial reporting, thematic investment, and regulatory alignment to ease market entry and reduce dependence on conventional bank finance.