CIMB Group
CIMB nabs Royal Bank of Scotland’s Asia Pac CRO
Malaysian bank beefs up its risk management capabilities with recruitment of RBS chief risk officer
The challenge of standardising sharia compliance
Seeking harmony
Islamic Products House of the Year: CIMB Islamic
Asia Risk Awards 2011
House of the Year, Malaysia: CIMB
Asia Risk Awards 2011
Best in Malaysia
Best in Malaysia
Industry chiefs call for Asian credit rating agency; 'big three' too ‘US-centric’
Senior industry figures in Asia, including outgoing SFC chief Martin Wheatley, say Asia needs an internationally recognised ratings agency to compete with Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Asian regulators get tough on liquidity ring-fencing
Ring-fencing liquidity
Islamic structured products gain credibility in Asia
Sharia surety
Asia Risk awards 2010: Islamic product house of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: Islamic product house of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: Bank risk manager of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: Bank risk manager of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, Malaysia
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the Year, Malaysia
Best in Malaysia
CIMB Group
Asia Risk 15: Lee Kwok Kwan, CIMB
CIMB Group has navigated through the current financial crisis with minimal difficulty. Indeed, the Malaysian bank’s deputy chief executive, Lee Kok Kwan, believes strict capital and liquidity standards have given CIMB a distinct competitive advantage…
Scuppered by sukuk
Dubai World was bailed out by Abu Dhabi in December, but the near default of sukuk issued by Dubai property company Nakheel could have much broader implications for the development of Islamic finance. By John Ferry
The thirst for liquidity
Bank supervisors the world over are set to revise liquidity requirements for financial institutions in a bid to improve financial stability. But the banking community – already struggling under the weight of new regulation – is not convinced the efforts…
Best in Malaysia - CIMB
CIMB has won the Structured Products Malaysia house of the year award for three years in a row, and, despite stiff competition from some big international players this year, it beat all comers with a set of innovative products that were hugely popular.
Bank Islam signs first Islamic rate swap deal with StanChart
Bank Islam Malaysia has completed the world's first Islamic profit rate swap, a three-year 136 million ringgit ($36 million) deal with Standard Chartered Malaysia.