KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- CIMB Investment Bank (“the Bank” or “CIMB”) was recently crowned top in investment banking for its strong and innovative capabilities in the capital markets, equities, and trade finance space through 12 regional awards. 
 
CIMB swept 12 awards at the Alpha Southeast Asia (SEA) Best Deals & Solutions Awards which included Best Bond House of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (CIMB Investment Bank Berhad) and Best IPO Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited THB11.5 billion IPO).
 
Established in 2007, Alpha Southeast Asia is an independent institutional investment magazine with a pure Southeast Asian focus. Its monthly market research and insights on Southeast Asia is subscribed by investors based in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. 

Commenting on the slew of awards, Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz, Group Chief Executive, CIMB Group said, “We are honoured to receive these awards and humbled by the vote of confidence by our clients across ASEAN. These awards are a testament to CIMB’s strong in-house capabilities, deep ASEAN expertise and continued commitment to deliver the best bond and Sukuk solutions for our clients based on a good understanding of their needs. We owe this recognition to our customers' trust and continuous support, as well as our staff's consistent effort in making CIMB a leading ASEAN universal bank.”
 
Other awards garnered at the recently concluded ceremony were:
• Best Sukuk Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia & Most Innovative Sukuk Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (Ihsan Sukuk's RM100 million Green Sustainable and Responsible Investment Sukuk); 
• Best Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia & Most Innovative Islamic Finance Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (Quantum Solar Park (Semenanjung) RM1.0 billion Green Sustainable and Responsible Investment Sukuk); 
• Best Wakalah Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia & Best Islamic Finance Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (Southern Power Generation's RM3.665 billion Sukuk Wakalah); 
• Most Innovative Wakalah Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (BEWG (M) RM400 million Sukuk Wakalah);
• Best Ijarah Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (XL Axiata's IDR2.18 trillion Sukuk Ijarah);
• Best Loan Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (PT Jasa Marga (Persero) IDR2.6 trillion structured Financing); 
• Best Islamic REIT Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia 2017 (Axis REIT USD42.3 million Islamic Placement). 
 

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 around 850 branches as at 31 December 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 700 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 94.1% 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 RM 60.3 billion as at 31 December 2017. The Group has around 38,000 employees located in 15 countries.
 
Source : CIMB Group

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Suria Zainal
Head
Group Corporate Communications 
Group CEO’s Office
CIMB Group Holdings Berhad
Tel : +603 - 2261 0638 
Email : suriawati.zainal@cimb.com

--BERNAMA