The history of the modern DCD Group can be traced back to Jersey, Channel Islands in 1975 with the formation of DCD Holdings Limited. After three decades of trading, today DCD has a Family Investment office with investments extending from London to New York.
DCD’s core investments are concentrated in the Real Estate and Banking sectors.
Real Estate
The Real Estate division of DCD concentrates on enhancing and delivering long-term gains for the Group and its Partners internationally. The Group has built its track-record primarily in the UK and USA, then spread to the Middle East and a select number of Far East and African destinations. Over the past three decades, the Group's real estate investments have produced a consistent, attractive rate of return.
Banking
DCD's interests in the banking sector comprise of various niche holdings internationally, including a stake in Albaraka Bank Limited in South Africa, formed in 1989.
More recently, the Group played a pioneering role with QIIB (Qatar International Islamic Bank) in the formation of the Islamic Bank of Britain PLC (IBB) and in the European Islamic Investment Bank PLC (EIIB). In the Sub-Continent and Asia region, DCD’s Investors partnered with The JS Group and Dubai Bank to launch BankIslami in 2005 and subsequently list the Bank on the KSE. In 2007, the Group’s Investors were also founding participants in The Islamic Bank of Asia in Singapore, with The Development Bank of Singapore DBS as the principle promoter.
