First Dawood Investment Bank Limited provides non-banking financial services in Pakistan. The company operates through four segments: Leasing, Investments, Long Term Finances, and Placements and Finances. The Leasing segment provides finance leasing services to individual and corporate customers in acquiring plant and machinery, vehicles, and equipment. The Investments segment is involved in trading in equity securities and debt instruments, such as term finance certificates, commercial papers, asset backed certificates, and government securities. The Long Term Finances segment offers term finance facilities to individual and corporate customers. The Placements and Finances segment provides money market facilities against marketable securities and letter of placement, as well as short term and musharika financing facilities. The company was formerly known as Dawood Leasing Company Limited and changed its name to First Dawood Investment Bank Limited in February 2004. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.