NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM) has, for the second consecutive year, been named Best Investment Management Company for the Caribbean by internationally acclaimed World Finance Magazine.

“The most essential element of a winning business strategy, a customer-centric approach, has been crucial to NCBCM’s success,” the bank said in a news release yesterday.

“The company’s achievement reflects the repose of trust and confidence that characterise client response. NCBCM celebrates this proud victory with its clients,” the bank added.

The win comes on the heels of NCBCM’s recent acquisition of AIC Finance Ltd (now NCB Global Finance Ltd) in Trinidad and Tobago, as part of the bank’s growth strategy through regional and portfolio diversification.

The bank said that the award, made in July, “strengthens NCB Group’s credibility as a globally recognised top performer and is expected to enhance the company’s regional aspirations”.

World Finance Magazine is published every two months by World News Media based in the United Kingdom and explores matters relating to finance and the economy within an international context.

Each year, it awards best-in-class large companies in the Americas, Asia and Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

NCB Capital Markets is the wealth and asset management arm of the bank and specialises in securities and stock brokerage services. This award, the bank said, is an important validation of the company’s commitment to creating and managing wealth for its clients with insight and excellence.

The wealth and asset management firm has been key to expanding the breadth of financial services available within the NCB Group. With majority interest acquired in 2012 in the island’s largest general insurance company, Advantage General Insurance, it affords NCB’s clients the full range of financial services, from banking and wealth management to insurance.

That, the bank said, positions the group as “a one-stop-shop financial house”.

The bank said that NCBCM is an important part of ongoing efforts to design unique and innovative products and services capable of meeting all the needs of its customers, as it continues to achieve aspirational milestones to becoming one of the top financial players in the region.