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Capital Markets Origination

Citi's Capital Markets Origination business combines Citi's unmatched global footprint and local market expertise to provide a single-point-of-contact to issuers for all their financing needs executed through optimal public and private formats.

Depth and Breadth of Distribution Network

In the equity capital markets area, Citi has consistently innovated and delivered equity and equity-linked solutions tailored to our clients' needs and objectives. Our structuring, valuation and placement capabilities enable us to serve our corporate, government, and private equity clients in financing acquisitions, funding capital expenditures, managing liabilities, monetizing assets, and hedging exposures. Our global platform, in terms of both knowledge exchange and distribution leverage, enables us to provide issuers well balanced and trusted advice.

In the debt capital market space, Citi's distribution channels have seen increased activity even during these unprecedented global market conditions. We remain strong in multiple categories of domestic straight bond origination, and dominate the landscape for Samurai and EuroYen issuance.

Innovative Solutions

The Securitized Products desk within Capital Markets Origination works with issuers to monetize cash flows by originating Asset Backed Securities (ABS), Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS), as well as Whole Business Securitizations (WBS).

Citi acts as a solution provider focusing on Hybrid Capital raising, Asset/Liability Management, and structured derivatives transactions including FX/Commodities.

Global Footprint

Our Japan Capital Markets Origination business works closely with our global partners in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific to provide its clients with the highest quality advice, the most innovative solutions and the best execution globally and locally.