MANAMA: Securities & Investment Company (Sico), a Bahrain-based conventional wholesale bank, has entered into a strategic partnership with Trucial Investment Partners, a specialist asset management and advisory firm based in the Dubai International Finance Centre.
Under the partnership, signed by Sico chief executive Najla Al Shirawi and Trucial managing partner Maissan Al Maskati, the two institutions will co-seed and co-manage the planned Sico Trucial US Real Estate Income Fund, which is due to be launched during the second quarter this year .