Crédit Agricole CIB offers a full range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international private banking.
CLSA, Asia's leading independent broker
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets is Asia's leading, independent brokerage and investment group. As part of the Credit Agricole CIB group of companies, the company provides investment banking, capital markets, equity broking and asset management services to global clients in Asia, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Expertise in three key business areas
For nearly 25 years, CLSA has been a leader in Asia serving clients in three key areas:
- Equity Broking
As an agency brokerage, CLSA provides non-conflicted service to its global institutional clients. Research, Sales and Sales Trading are independent of CLSA’s investment banking group and are not influenced by an internal proprietary trading book, corporate finance or management requirements.
- Investment banking
CLSA's investment banking helps Asian corporations drive shareholder value through the corporate structuring of small to mid-cap public and private companies. The investment banking group operates independently of the broking business and offers M&A advisory, equity transactions and public offerings.
CLSA provides unrivalled access to Asian markets and distribution to the world’s leading institutional fund managers. CLSA’s individualised approach has ensured efficient and timely IPOInitial Public Offering. Initial listing of a portion of a company's capital on the stock market, with or without a capital increase. This is a favoured exit strategy for private equity investors looking to unlock the value of their investment.’s, placements, global depository receipts, advisory, mergers and acquisitions, listing transfers and private-equity capital-raising across the region.
- Asset management
Since 1995, CLSA has offered alternative asset management through ten Asia-focused funds managed by CLSA Capital Partners. This private equity group leverages CLSA's economic and strategic analysis to invest into private and listed Asian companies. Today it has USD 2.7 billion funds under management. The funds are focused on long term economic trends in clean resources, energy, domestic growth, real estate and transport.
CLSA's research, cornerstone of three key business areas
CLSA’s equity research is consistently voted No.1 in Asia by global investors. Renowned for independent thematic research, economic analysis and equity strategy CLSA is regularly quoted by global media. The company leverages its leadership position in Asia to offer an independent perspective on Asian, Australian and US equities. More than 50 research products are available to clients on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
