The ceremony of the “3rd CAPITAL Outstanding China Enterprise Awards” was taken place in Hong Kong on 16 May 2008. BOCI, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of China Limited won both “Capital Outstanding China Bond issuer” and “Capital China Innovative product”
The Capital Magazine, which organized the “CAPITAL Outstanding China Enterprise Awards”, is a regional financial magazine. Readers of the magazine are mainly the professionals, bankers, traders and manufacturers. Capital Magazine started “The CAPITAL Outstanding China Enterprise Awards” in 2006, aiming to praise the contributions of Chinese enterprises to Mainland China's economy and recognize the outstanding performance of them. The award was strictly evaluated by a team of professional judges and the editorial board of Capital Magazine according to 4 selection criteria, which were annual results, overseas development and potentials; market strategy and development; technology innovation and development.
As a PRC-based world-class investment bank with global presence in major financial centers, BOCI is able to provide a wide range of investment banking services with extensive regional coverage. With a high standard professional team, a strong international sales and retailing network, BOCI is able to provide all-rounded investment banking services to oversea customers, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial advisers, institutional sales, investment services, investment research, fixed income, derivatives, asset management, private equities, private wealthmanagement, and leverage and structured finance.
In recent years, BOCI is strengthening its product innovation and cross-selling capabilities. Mining in-depth business opportunities in the Chinese market, its market competitiveness and brand reputation continued to rise. The Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, formation led by BOCI, [please ensure that this statement is correct] was the first contractual RMB industrial investment fund approved by the State Council. The fund set a major breakthrough in China's financial reform and investment financing reform, it as well created a new era of development of investment funds.
Besides, BOCI took a leading role in the mainland’s bond market for many years. Issuing bonds is its strength; it is also successful in being main underwriters and holding a number of large-scale overseas ad hoc bond issuing arrangements.