CITIC Group

Not to be confused with CIT Group or Citigroup.
For the main subsidiary, see CITIC Limited.
CITIC Group
State-owned enterprise
Industry Investment company
Founded 1979 (1979)
Founder Rong Yiren
Headquarters Beijing, China
Area served
 People's Republic of China
Key people
 Chang Zhenming (Chairman), Jiong Wang (Vice Chairman, President, Member of Executive Committee and Member of Nomination Committee), Jianzhong Dou (Executive Director and Member of Executive Committee), Wei Min Ju (Chief Financial Officer)
Products Financial Services, Banking
Revenue Increase CN¥375 billion (2013)
Increase CN¥71 billion (2013)
Increase CN¥38 billion (2013)
Total assets Increase CN¥4.300 trillion (2013)
Total equity Increase CN¥272 billion (2013)
Owner Ministry of Finance (100%)
Parent Ministry of Finance
Subsidiaries CITIC Limited
Website www.group.citic
Footnotes / references
in a consolidated basis; equity and profit excluded minority interests; in Chinese Accounting Standards[1]
CITIC Group Corporation Ltd.
Simplified Chinese 中国中信集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese 中國中信集團有限公司
CITIC Group
Simplified Chinese 中信集团
Traditional Chinese 中信集團

CITIC Group Corporation Ltd., formerly the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, is a state-owned investment company of the People's Republic of China, established by Rong Yiren in 1979 with the approval of Deng Xiaoping.[2] Its headquarters are in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[3]

Businesses

Its initial aim was to "attract and utilize foreign capital, introduce advanced technologies, and adopt advanced and scientific international practice in operation and management."[4] It now owns 44 subsidiaries including China CITIC Bank, CITIC Holdings, CITIC Trust Co. and CITIC Merchant Co., Ltd (mainly banks) in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

History

The founder of CITIC, Rong Yiren, was one of the richest businessmen in China in the 1980s. He was also one of the earliest capitalists who stayed in mainland China. .

It was reported on September 17, 2008, that CITIC was in talks to acquire Morgan Stanley. Instead Morgan sold a substantial portion of their company to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in addition to applying for $10 billion from the Treasury Department as part of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Its subsidiary, CITIC Pacific (Chinese: 中信泰富, now known as CITIC Limited), made unauthorized bets on the foreign currency market in October 2008 and lost HK$14.7 billion (US$1.9 billion, when accounted for in mark-to-market terms). Senior executives such as Financial Controller Chau Chi-Yin and Group Finance Director Leslie Chang resigned.[5][6][7] Its stock price plunged 55.1 percent upon the resumption of trade.[8]

CITIC Group injected most of their assets to CITIC Limited in 2014. However, CITIC Guoan Group was excluded, which was recapitalized by other private capital.

In 2015, CITIC Group sold 10% stake of CITIC Limited to a joint-venture of Itochu and Charoen Pokphand for HK$34.4 billion (US$4.54 billion); the joint venture also subscribed new convertible preferred shares for HK$45.9 billion (or US$5.9 billion).[9] It was reported it was the largest investment ever made by a Japanese general trading company.[10] The transaction is also the largest acquisition in China by a Japanese company, and the largest investment by foreigners in a Chinese state-owned enterprise.[11]

In 2015, CITIC Group ranks the 186th among Fortune Global 500, with an annual revenue of $55,325 million.[12]

Group companies

Equity investments

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Annual Report" (RAR). CITIC Group. 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "CITIC Group Corporation: Brief Introduction". CITIC Group. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Citic Group Contact".
  4. ↑ "Citic Limited".
  5. ↑ Keith Bradsher (2008-10-20). "Citic Pacific could lose $2 billion from foreign exchange trading". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Alison Leung, Ruth Wong (2008-10-20). "CITIC Pacific warns potential $2 billion forex losses". Reuters.
  7. ↑ Katherine Ng (2008-10-21). "Heads roll as $15.5b losses loom". The Standard.
  8. ↑ "中信泰富暴挫55.1%". 2008-10-21.
  9. ↑ "CITIC Limited Receives Investment from Charoen Pokphand Group and ITOCHU" (PDF). Itochu, Charoen Pokphand and CITIC Group. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Itochu, CP to jointly invest 1 trillion yen in China's CITIC Group". Nikkei. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Fukase, Atsuko (20 January 2015). "Thaw in Japan-China Business Ties? Itochu's CITIC Deal Towers Above Others". Wall Street Journal Japan Real Time. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  12. ↑
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