| Headline: Regional awards - Asia Source: Euromoney Date: July 2001 Author: Chris Cockerill Best Bank: Citigroup Best Debt House: Citigroup / Salomon Smith Barney Best Equity House: Merrill Lynch Best M&A House: Goldman Sachs Best Transaction Services: Citigroup Best Risk Management and Treasury: HSBC
Across all markets, with the exception of Hong Kong, it is the leading retail and commercial foreign bank. When Salomon Smith Barney was added to the equation, bringing with it its investment banking expertise, its product range and distribution went from strength to strength. While many of the domestic banks still struggle with internal problems and market consolidation, Citigroup kept rolling out new products becoming further embedded in the markets. “We are totally committed to Asia and continue to build our product range,” says Stephen Long, Asia Pacific group head of Citibank global corporate bank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||