A Lagos based financial services firm operating across physical commodities, private markets advisory, and wealth advisory — serving institutional capital, corporate principals, and international counterparties.
Bannerman Markets exists in the narrow operational space where African market depth meets international financial discipline.
International trading houses and investment banks understand capital. They do not, as a rule, understand Nigeria — the regulatory idiosyncrasies, the counterparty risk profiles, the way a cargo actually moves from Lekki to Lomé, the specific legal and political architecture that determines whether a deal closes or collapses.
Local brokers and advisory firms understand Nigeria. They do not, as a rule, command the institutional vocabulary, the financial modeling rigor, or the counterparty credibility required to sit across from a London trading desk or a New York sponsor and be treated as a peer.
The firm was built to occupy that gap — where a mandate can be originated in Lagos, structured to international standards, and executed through counterparties on three continents without compromise on either end.
Bannerman operates three integrated businesses, each structured to serve a distinct class of counterparty. The desks share intelligence, legal infrastructure, and execution capacity.
The commodities desk brokers physical petroleum products — Jet A1, AGO/EN590, PMS, and marine bunker fuels — across West African and international markets. We structure transactions between refiners, national oil companies, and international trading houses.
Explore Commodities →The private markets advisory desk serves financial sponsors, corporate principals, and family capital on transaction origination, LBO structuring, capital raising, project finance, and structured credit — with concentrated expertise in energy, maritime, and industrial sectors.
Explore Private Markets →The wealth advisory desk serves Nigerian industrial principals and family offices with offshore structuring, cross border tax planning, succession architecture, and access to private market opportunities unavailable through conventional private banking channels.
Explore Wealth Advisory →The Bannerman Standard is the firm's flagship intelligence publication — a periodical briefing covering petroleum markets, geopolitical developments, maritime finance, and capital markets activity.
The fourteenth issue examines VLSFO supply architecture across the West African bunker market, with particular focus on Dangote Refinery's emerging transshipment position, Monjasa's regional operational footprint, and the commercial implications for vessel operators scheduling through the Gulf of Guinea.
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