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Bank of America’s Asian network spans the region, with more than 2,200 professionals offering a comprehensive range of products and services.

Who can benefit

With more than 60 years of experience in the region, Bank of America delivers insightful solutions with the focus of a local banking relationship and the strength of a global leader. Our Asia-based coverage and product professionals work together to leverage Bank of America's global strength to meet clients' comprehensive needs, including treasury management, capital raising and M&A advisory, risk management, investment management and leasing.

Capabilities of Bank of America and its affiliates

• Corporate investment banking
• Treasury management
• Global markets
• Investment management
• Leasing

Corporate investment banking

Senior coverage bankers are at the forefront of every client relationship. They take the time to understand what drives each company — their immediate objectives, long-term goals and ever-changing competitive environments. And they help create opportunities for clients by drawing upon the broad expertise and resources of Bank of America. CIB client managers partner with product and industry specialists to form dedicated client teams who seamlessly deliver insightful ideas and exceptional service every step of the way.

Treasury management

Businesses in Asia are evolving and growing to serve an increasingly global marketplace. Globalization creates dynamic cash management and liquidity needs and expands our clients' supply chain. As the world's No. 1 treasury management bank, with a dominant U.S. franchise and local teams throughout Asia, Europe and all corners of the globe, Bank of America continues to invest in market-leading expertise and technology to provide an unmatched client experience. Our goal is to consistently deliver:

• Increased ease and efficiency, including simplified access to the people, technology and resources of Bank of America
• Superior service with an exceptional client servicing platform and highly trained professionals
• A strong global platform for integrated cash management and liquidity solutions
• Unified view of clients' entire relationship through a single, market-leading client portal

Global markets

Companies and institutions in Asia require sophisticated solutions to manage the challenges of investing and operating in a region with multiple currencies, interest rate environments and regulatory structures. Bank of America's Global Markets Group offers a solution-oriented approach to meeting the goals of companies and investors in Asia and across the world's capital markets.

From vanilla products to highly structured solutions, senior product and coverage experts with extensive experience in Asia offer clients a wide array of risk management and debt capital raising solutions. The tailored client team approach allows Bank of America to meet the specific needs of corporations, financial institutions and investors through strong origination, structuring and distribution teams that can leverage the global power of the bank to meet clients' local needs.

For equity or equity-linked capital raising needs, or strategic advice on a merger or acquisition, our client manager provides seamless access to Bank of America's equity specialists and M&A advisors in Europe and the United States who have a proven track record of serving Asia-based clients.

Investment management

Bank of America's investment management division and its affiliates make up one of the world's largest investment management institutions.

With deep investment talent and expertise across fundamental equity, quantitative equity, fixed income, cash and alternative investments, we have the resources to translate investment possibilities into investment solutions for clients across the globe.

The ability to serve a wide variety of investors coupled with a sharp focus on individual client needs has made Bank of America a formidable force in the investment management arena. Investment offerings can be accessed through pooled investment vehicles or through separately managed accounts, which can be customized to client-specific risk/return objectives. With multifaceted asset management capabilities and multitalented investment professionals, everything we do has a single goal: to provide clients with consistently superior results. We realize that financial partnerships require much more than occasional success. A true partnership demands experienced global resources, disciplined investment solutions and a deep commitment to helping investors pursue their most important financial goals.

Leasing

Clients worldwide count on our leasing specialists for innovative financing solutions. Our leasing team is highly regarded for its cross-border structuring capabilities and has successfully arranged and executed an extensive list of ground-breaking transactions in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Bank of America corporate investment banking capabilities in Asia

• Credit products
• Corporate finance solutions
• Advisory services
• Comprehensive relationship management

Bank of America treasury capabilities in Asia

• International payments/ global settlement
• Multi-currency account services
• Liquidity management
• Receivables management/ concentration services
• Automated reporting via eBanking platforms
• Local currency payments and collections
• International trade services
• Open account solutions
• Letters of credit/private label letters of credit
• Vendor financing
• Bankers acceptances
• Collections
• Global wire platform
• Check 21-banknotes

Bank of America debt and risk solutions in Asia

Debt capital raising

• Debt capital markets (HG/HY)
• Private placements, G3
• Asset securitization, G3
• Syndicated loans
• Notes and commercial paper, G3

Risk management

• Foreign exchange
• Interest rate derivatives
• Credit derivatives
• Structured products embedded with rates, currencies, credits or commodities

Investment management capabilities in Asia

Fundamental equity solutions

• Value
• Core
• Growth
• Income
• International

Quantitative equity solutions

• Enhanced
• Passive
• Asset allocation

Fixed income solutions

• Diversified solutions
• Sector-focused solutions
• Custom solutions based on client type

Liquidity solutions

• Global strategies
• Funds and customized accounts