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  • Citi’s presence in 105 of the Belt and Road countries – particularly in Europe and Latin America – puts it in a perfect position to connect Chinese clients.
  • When investors and companies mull the benefits of doing business in Asia, or of boosting their operations in a region that still drives the global economy, their default instinct might be to turn to the West’s big lenders. We know their names. An elite handful of financial institutions, boasting decades and sometimes centuries of experience in the biggest markets. They are fully tuned into Asia, and usually well represented across the Middle East.
  • Kazakhstan is at the heart of the Belt and Road Initiative, both geographically and strategically. The project was first announced by China’s president, Xi Jinping, in the country’s capital Nur-Sultan in 2013; two of the six trade corridors pass through the country.
  • Kuwait Finance House is strong to the core; for 2018, third-quarter net profit rose 22.7% year on year, while net financing income jumped 25.4% in the same period. Its Islamic banking credentials make it a worthy winner of this award.
  • Laos is small, landlocked and one of the poorest countries in southeast Asia. But a colossal infrastructure project, which will connect China to Singapore through Vientiane, the country’s sleepy capital, could have a dramatic impact.
  • Standard Chartered is tailor-made for China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The bank, which has a strong focus on emerging markets, opened its first branch in Shanghai in 1858, and in Singapore and Hong Kong a year later. It has a footprint in all 10 Asean nations, with 26 branches in Indonesia, 27 offices in Thailand, and more than 40 in Malaysia, not to mention a presence in 28 cities in mainland China.
  • Banks and securities houses have raced to grab market share and come up with new products with higher levels of structural complexity. In a conversation with Asiamoney, one head of structured finance at a securities firm warned that the Chinese asset-backed securities market may have already become too crowded.
  • Although the Chinese ABS market is still relatively young compared with those in more developed markets, domestic banks and securities houses have innovated relentlessly. From structuring supply-chain asset-backed securitization to securitizing a parking-lot’s future income, the market has an insatiable appetite for new asset types.
  • China Chengxin International Credit Rating (CCXI) is the largest credit rating agency in China and the fourth largest in the world. A joint venture between China Chengxin Credit Management Co and Moody’s, CCXI claims to have rated every single ‘first’ deal in the ABS market.
  • Fangda Partners, founded in 1993, prides itself on having more senior securitization lawyers than any of its peers. The firm specializes in corporate asset securitization, credit ABS and ABN. Wu Dong and Yan Yan are the two partners leading the firm’s securitization market coverage.
  • Securities Originator: Beijing Jingdong Century Trade Co., Ltd
  • Chinese banks, securities houses and foreign banks operating in China (either through their local branches or an onshore joint venture) have worked hard to boost not only volumes in the asset-backed securities market, but also the level of structural complexity.