NOTE: In May of 2021, iSTOX rebranded itself to ADDX.
CIMB Bank Berhad, Singapore Branch (“CIMB”) signed an agreement to partner with ICHX Tech Pte Ltd (“ICHX”), operator of the next generation capital markets platform iSTOX (“iSTOX”) today. The partnership will allow CIMB clients in the ASEAN region access to a faster, more flexible and efficient way to raise funds at a lower cost.
iSTOX is the first regulated capital markets platform in any major financial centre to support the one-stop issuance, custody and secondary trading of digital securities. Drawing on the power of advanced smart contract and distributed ledger technology to streamline the issuance and trading process, iSTOX brings private capital markets into the 21st century. By allowing investors and issuers to connect directly, iSTOX removes longstanding barriers that have prevented a far greater pool of investors from access to private capital markets opportunity.
Danny Toe, Founder and CEO of ICHX, said: “We’ve built iSTOX as a more accessible, flexible, and efficient improvement to the current outdated model of private capital markets. While the digital revolution has radically altered industries ranging from avionics to media, the underlying infrastructure of private capital markets really hasn’t changed much since the advent of electronic trading decades ago. We believe that iSTOX will change this paradigm and redefine what investing can mean.”
“We are pleased with this partnership to provide our clients with an alternative digital solution as digitisation is one of the pillars that we are looking at to build aggressively within the bank in the next few years,” shared Victor Lee, CEO of CIMB Bank Singapore.
Key investors of ICHX include Singapore Exchange (SGX); Heliconia (a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings); Japan’s Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings (via subsidiary Tokai Tokyo Global Investments); Thailand’s Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group; and South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management.
About ICHX:
ICHX is a capital markets infrastructure and technology company on a mission to redefine capital fundraising and investment in the 21st century. An incubatee of ICH Group, a leading Singapore-based investment firm, ICHX draws on world class expertise in fintech, fund management, investment, and corporate advisory. ICHX is authorised by MAS as a recognised market operator (RMO). It also holds a capital markets services licence (CMS) for dealing in capital markets products and providing custodial services.
About CIMB Group:
CIMB Group is one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups and is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider, by assets. It offers consumer banking, commercial banking, investment banking, Islamic banking and asset management products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is present in all 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Philippines). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Korea, the US and UK.
CIMB Group has the most extensive retail branch network in ASEAN approximately of 740 branches as at 30 June 2019. CIMB Group’s investment banking arm is also one of the largest Asia Pacific-based investment banks, offering amongst the most comprehensive research coverage around of 600 stocks in the region.
CIMB Group operates its business through three main brand entities, CIMB Bank, CIMB Investment Bank and CIMB Islamic. CIMB Group is also the 92.5% shareholder of Bank CIMB Niaga in Indonesia, and 94.8% shareholder of CIMB Thai in Thailand.
CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. It had a market capitalisation of approximately RM52.3 billion as at 30 June 2019. The Group has around 36,000 employees located in 16 countries.
