Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”) is a leading North American financial institution with combined assets of US$250 billion and market capitalisation of US$23 billion. It provides more than nine million clients worldwide with retail banking, wealth management and wholesale banking services.

CIBC World Markets is the wholesale banking arm of CIBC. It was formed in 1986 following amendments to Canadian Bank Act regulations allowing chartered banks to engage in securities brokerage and related activities. Since then, CIBC World Markets expanded by acquisition of Woody Gundy in Canada in 1988 and Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. in United States in 1997.

CIBC World Markets provide a range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking, and merchant banking to clients in key financial markets in North America and around the world. We specialise in providing innovative full capital solutions to growth-oriented, mid-cap companies and offer advisory expertise across a wide range of industries and provide top-ranked research for our corporate, government and institutional investor clients.

We have been active in the Asia-Pacific region for over 25 years, with branches in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia and representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai. We are an active player in the cross-border financing activities of the TMT and healthcare sectors in China and have participated in the NASDAQ IPOs of Shanda, Kongzhong, The9, Techfaith Wireless, Focus Media, Actions Semiconductor and China Medical Technology (follow-on offering).