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9th July, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Dominated The Recent FinanceAsia Country Awards For Achievement, Winning Best Investment Bank, Best Bond House, Best Equity House, Best Broker And Best Private Bank In Malaysia.
“These awards are designed to recognise the best local banks in each country, and its clear that CIMB stands out in Malaysia,” said Lara Wozniak, editor of FinanceAsia.
Established in 1996, FinanceAsia is Asias leading financial publishing company based in Hong Kong. It is a subsidiary of Haymarket Publishing, the largest privately-owned publishing company in the UK. The Achievement Awards is an annual review of the best financial services firms in each country around the region.
“We are proud to have swept so many awards and to be continuously recognised as an industry leader,” said Dato Sri Nazir Razak, Group Chief Executive of CIMB Group. “Whilst awards are not the sole measure of our success, they are a useful benchmark and a welcome encouragement to spur us on to even greater heights,” he added.
According to Wozniak, CIMB stands alone as the leading investment bank not only in Malaysia but also Southeast Asia. “It offers the full range of services in advisory, corporate and international banking, debt markets, equity markets and derivatives – and is more often than not, the dominant player in all disciplines,” she added.
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