CIMB IB also No.1 in Bloomberg Malaysian Ringgit Sukuk league table, Bloomberg ASEAN Local Currency Bonds league table, and in Dealogic Malaysia ECM league table

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) -- CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (“CIMB”) has, yet again, proven its leadership in the investment banking space by maintaining its long standing top positions for Malaysian bond, equities and Ringgit Sukuk arranger, as well as for ASEAN local currency bonds for the first half of 2017 (“1H2017”). CIMB was also in the top two positions for Global Sukuk league table for the same period.

For 12 consecutive years, CIMB has topped Bloomberg’s Underwriter League Table for Malaysian Ringgit Bonds, having garnered 32.28% of the Malaysian Ringgit Bond market share with 60 issuances totalling RM16.16 billion in 1H2017. CIMB also led Bloomberg’s Malaysian Ringgit Sukuk, with a market share of 30.56% amounting to RM11.13 billion, and maintained its dominance in the ASEAN local currency bonds - for the sixth consecutive year - with a 14.26% market share on the back of 152 issuances worth USD5.45 billion for the same period.

On the equity front, CIMB was again ranked number one - for six out of the last seven years - in the Dealogic Malaysia Equity Capital Markets (“ECM”) league table for 1H2017, having successfully arranged landmark deals which raised a total of USD560 million. In the same period, CIMB also led the Dealogic ASEAN ECM league table with 12% market share, raising USD742 million in equity capital.

Group Chief Executive of CIMB Group, Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz commented, “Maintaining our top rankings, particularly the regional and global ones, are a testament to CIMB’s deep investment banking expertise complemented by our strong ASEAN presence and network. We owe these prestigious recognitions to our customers' trust and continuous support, as well as our staff's consistent effort in making CIMB a leading ASEAN universal bank. With our T18 recalibration completed, foundations strengthened and regional operating model refreshed, CIMB is now better-poised to harness more opportunities to forward our clients' business goals and ambitions within ASEAN.”

About CIMB Group

CIMB Group is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider and one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups. It offers consumer banking, investment banking, Islamic banking, asset management and insurance products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is now present in nine out of 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Korea, the US and UK.

CIMB Group has the most extensive retail branch network in ASEAN of over 900 branches as at 31 March 2017. CIMB Group’s investment banking arm is also one of the largest Asia Pacific-based investment banks, offering amongst the most comprehensive research coverage of more than 1,000 stocks in the region.

CIMB Group operates its business through three main brand entities, CIMB Bank, CIMB Investment Bank and CIMB Islamic. CIMB Group is also the 92.5% shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and 93.7% shareholder of CIMB Thai in Thailand.

CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. It had a market capitalisation of approximately RM57.9 billion as at 31 May 2017. The Group has 39,000 employees located in 15 countries.

SOURCE : CIMB Group

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--BERNAMA