Strategy
CIMB Plans To Expand Wealth Management Offering

CIMB Private Bank, the wealth management arm of financial
services
provider CIMB Group, is looking to bolster its high net worth
offering
in Sarawak, Malaysia. The announcement comes on the back of a 25
to 30
per cent year-on-year growth in the company since it entered
the
country in 2005.
At a recent media briefing, co-head Carolyn
Leng said that the bank is looking to expand its services to
Sarawak's
affluent market. "Sarawak is a high growth area for CIMB
Private
Banking as it is home to many of the country's successful
professionals
and entrepreneurs," she said. Currently, the bank has two
satellite
office in the country - one in Sibu and the other in Miri.
The Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings-owned CIMB Group is the
second
largest financial services provider in Malaysia.