CIMB retains leadership in Malaysia’s bonds and sukuk market

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Investment Bank Bhd (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 (1H17).

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 totalling RM16.16 billion in 1H17.

CIMB also led Bloomberg’s Malaysian ringgit sukuk, with a market share of 30.56 per cent amounting to RM11.13 billion, and maintained its dominance in the Asean local currency bonds – for the sixth consecutive year – with a 14.26 per cent market share on the back of 152 issuances worth US$5.45 billion for the same period.

CIMB Group chief executive Tengku Datuk Seri 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.”