At Univest our investment professionals entrepreneurial talent of anticipating and identifying market opportunities is key to our current and future success. Since its inception in the year 2001, Univest has identified and successfully completed deals worth over USD 435 Million covering a wide range of sectors.

 
 

The quality of any company is determined primarily by the standard of its management team.

With that philosophy, UNIVEST Group rigorously applies a strong emphasis on attracting and retaining the best management for UNIVEST Group and all its target companies.

Asset Management Group
Corporate Advisory Group
Research Group
Client Relationship Group
Transportation
Financial Services
Green Technology
Industrial
Oil and Gas
Media & Technology
Real Estate & Hospitality
Retail
Infrastructure
 
Strategic Shareholder

In 2005 Al-Deera Holding KSCC purchased a 49% stake in Univest Group, becoming its institutional shareholder and a major backer of its deals. Established in 1998, Al-Deera Holding is a Kuwaiti shareholding company (Ticker: ALDEERA), listed on the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange since 2005, Al-Deera Holding Company is considered as one of the leading companies in its line of business.

The company focuses on investments in private and public companies which witness strong growth. Since its inception, ALDEERA has adopted a balanced expansion strategy that allowed for mitigating risk, while maximizing investment return. By maintaining a diversified portfolio - both in terms of the geographical and industrial distribution of investments - the company has been able to maintain steady growth in its net profits.

ALDEERA's investments have also focused on building alliances and strategic partnerships that allow for developing the company's competitive edge especially in as far as competing for top-tier business opportunities is concerned.

Al-Deera Holding is a member of the IFA consortium of companies and is the second largest listed holding company in Kuwait.