CICC powers on

The first investment banking joint venture to be approved by China’s State Council was in 1995. At the time, investment banking was a relatively new concept in China, although since then the industry has grown apace. The same can be said of the joint venture: China International Capital Corporation (CICC).

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Today, CICC, whose business stretches across capital markets, M&A advisory, sales and trading, research, asset management and private equity, is one of China’s leading investment banks. Unlike many local securities firms, it practises best international standards, attracts talented people and is focused in what it is doing.

“They are leaps and bounds ahead of us,” says an investment banker. “We won’t catch them in the next few years. We view them as the benchmark.

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