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Citigroup's ASEAN CIB business rears new Asian Tigers

Catherine Weir says a new commodities business in Singapore and a securities services business in Vietnam point to the bank's aggressive ASEAN strategy.

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September 27, 2006

As the IMF meetings finished up in Singapore last week, FinanceAsia sat down with Citigroup's CCO for Singapore and ASEAN Corporate and Investment Banking head, Catherine Weir, to discuss what the bank is focusing on in the ASEAN CIB space and where it sees future growth coming from.

Is Singapore an important country for Citigroup

Singapore is one of Citigroup's major centres in the region. It's a hub for our global consumer business in Asia and our AsiaMiddle East Global Wealth Management business is based in Singapore. So, yes Singapore is a very important country for Citigroup. We have over 8000 employees in Singapore alone and have been here for more than a...

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