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AMANAH INTERNATIONAL FINANCE SDN BHD is a corporate finance company on Jalan Raja Chulan, in the financial heart of Kuala Lumpur — providing corporate financing, investment holdings, transaction structuring and financial advisory to businesses across Malaysia and the region.
Who we are
AMANAH INTERNATIONAL FINANCE SDN BHD operates from the sixth floor of No. 82, Jalan Raja Chulan — the street that has anchored Kuala Lumpur's financial district for generations. We are a corporate finance company, working with businesses, investors and shareholders on the capital questions that shape their futures.
Our work spans corporate financing, investment holdings, transaction structuring and advisory. We have held positions as a corporate shareholder in Malaysian public companies, and we bring that principal's perspective to every engagement: we understand capital from the inside, not merely as advisers looking on.
What distinguishes a finance house is not the size of its balance sheet but the quality of its judgement — and the discipline to say no when a transaction does not serve the client. Our name commits us to that standard before a single ringgit changes hands.
"Amanah is not a promise made. It is a promise kept — long after the paperwork is signed."
Located in Kuala Lumpur's established financial and banking district
Financing, structuring and advisory for businesses and investors
A record of corporate shareholding in Malaysian listed companies
Malaysian roots with a cross-border perspective on capital and clients
What we do
Each engagement begins with the same question: what does this business actually need? The answer determines the instrument — never the reverse.
Capital for companies at the moments that matter — expansion, acquisition, restructuring or recapitalisation. We assess the business on its fundamentals and structure financing around its real cash flows and horizons, not around a template.
We take and manage equity positions in businesses we understand and believe in. As a shareholder, our incentive is aligned with the long-term health of the company — patient capital, engaged ownership, and a horizon measured in years.
The difference between a good deal and a costly one usually lies in its structure. We design the architecture of transactions — instruments, terms, sequencing and safeguards — so that each party's obligations are clear and each party's interests hold.
Counsel for boards, owners and shareholders facing decisions of consequence: valuation, capital strategy, ownership transitions and the questions that don't fit neatly into a category. Honest advice, including the advice not to proceed.
Our principles
A name that means "trust" sets a standard that cannot be met with intentions alone. These four principles are how we translate it into practice, on every engagement.
Capital placed in our care is treated as what it is — someone's work, risk and future. We deploy it with the caution we would apply to our own.
Terms, costs, structures and risks stated plainly and completely. If an arrangement requires obscurity to be accepted, it should not be accepted.
Not every transaction should happen. We assess honestly and advise accordingly — including when the honest answer costs us the mandate.
Our relationships outlast our transactions. A deal closed is the beginning of an obligation, not the end of one.
Our approach
Corporate finance rewards patience and punishes haste. Our process is built to surface the difficult questions early — while they are still cheap to answer.
Before instruments and terms: what does this company do, how does it earn, and what does it genuinely need?
Fundamentals, cash flows, risks and alternatives — evaluated candidly, with the inconvenient findings included.
The right instrument, terms and sequencing — designed so the arrangement holds under pressure, not only on paper.
Documentation completed properly, then a relationship that continues well past the closing date.
Client feedback
We came in wanting a particular structure and left with a better one. They spent two sessions simply understanding how our business actually earns before proposing anything — and then told us frankly that half of what we'd asked for would have hurt us. That candour is why we returned for the second round.
Our ownership transition involved three generations and considerable emotion. They structured it with a precision that protected everyone's position and a discretion that protected everyone's dignity. Two years on, they still take my call — which tells you what kind of firm this is.
As a co-investor, I value that they hold positions themselves rather than merely advising from the sidelines. The perspective is different — they think like owners because they are owners. Documentation was thorough, timelines were honest, and nothing was ever glossed over.
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Every engagement starts the same way: an honest discussion, held in confidence, about the business and the decision before you. There is no obligation and no cost to the first conversation.