Benefit In Kind Sponsor: CIMB Group

CIMB Group is a leading ASEAN universal bank, the largest Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) investment bank and one of the world's largest Islamic banks.

The Group is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and offers consumer banking, wholesale banking, Islamic banking and asset management. It is the fifth largest banking group by assets in Southeast Asia and at the end of June 2013 had over 40,000 staff and approximately 13 million customers.

The Group's retail banking branch network is the widest in the region, with 1,062 retail branches in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia.

The Group has substantial wholesale banking operations. Its corporate banking and treasury markets business offers one of the most comprehensive and integrated product and service suites among universal banks in ASEAN. Its investment bank is the largest in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) with offices in ASEAN's main markets and in Bahrain, Colombo, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Mumbai, Shanghai, Seoul, Sydney and Taipei. In addition it has equity sales operations in London and New York.

Products and services are complemented by partnerships and alliances with various leading companies including the Principal Financial Group, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Sun Life Assurance, Allianz Insurance, Thai Life Insurance, Sri Ayudhya General Insurance, and Mapletree Investments.