Asiamoney China Corporate and Investment Banking Awards

China Merchants Bank is China’s premier joint stock commercial bank; its investment banking business has a team of more than 500 bankers in offices across the mainland, headed by general manager Han Gang from the Shenzhen headquarters.

View the results of the 2018 Asiamoney China corporate and investment banking awards here

China Merchants Bank underwrote a total of Rmb33.86 billion ($5 billion) of various debt capital market products for other financial institutions between June 2017 and May 2018, putting it top of the league tables among Chinese banks and brokerage houses, according to financial data provider Wind Information Technology.

Huatai United Securities, a mid-sized brokerage house, specializes in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions, especially for private enterprises.

Bank of China was top of the league table for loan bookrunners among all Chinese banks and ranked second among debt capital market bookrunners for the year to May, according to Dealogic. The bank helped its clients – the majority of them state-owned conglomerates – to raise $54.4 billion in bond financings and $51 billion through loans.

China International Capital Corp leads Dealogic’s league tables when it comes to cross-border M&A advisory among Chinese banks, completing a total of 11 deals with a combined value of $18.5 billion.

According to Dealogic, China International Capital Corp leads the league tables when it comes to domestic M&A advisory, with a total of 74 deals done between June 2017 and May 2018. The deals, worth a combined $160 billion, give it a big lead over the next mainland rival, Citic Securities, which in the same period advised 56 deals with a collective valuation of $101 billion.

Even though China International Capital Corp was not the leader in the league table for offshore fund-raisings of Chinese enterprises, it was the most successful among Chinese brokerage houses.

China’s leading brokerage house, Citic Securities, was the clear dominant player in China’s equity markets. According to Dealogic, the firm achieved 55 initial public offerings in the 12 months to May, putting it in first place in the league tables by deal count.