ourexpertise - Crédit Agricole CIB

1PRESENTATION OF CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB BUSINESS LINESBusiness lines of Crédit Agricole CIB are mainly Financing, Capital Markets and Investment Banking, International Private Banking anddiscontinuing operations.• FINANCINGThe fi nancing business combines structured fi nancing and commercial banking in France and abroad. Banking syndication is involved inboth of these activities.Global loan syndicationThis business line originates, structures, distributes and tradesCrédit Agricole CIB’s transactions on main global fi nancial markets.Syndicated loans are an integral part of capital raising processesfor large corporates and fi nancial institutions. Crédit Agricole CIBoffers to its clients a full range of syndicated products such asproject fi nancing and leveraged fi nancing.Structured FinancingThe structured fi nancing business consists of originating, structuringand fi nancing major export and investment operations inFrance and abroad, often backed with assets as collateral (aircraft,boats, business property, commodities etc.), along withcomplex and structured loans.Transaction commodity financeCommodity trade fi nancing activities provide fi nancing and secureshort-term payment services for goods fl ows in commodities andsemi-fi nished products.Our clients are major international producers and traders operatingin the commodity markets, particularly energy (oil, derivatives,coal and biofuel), metals, soft and certain agricultural commodities.Export and Trade FinanceCrédit Agricole provides fi nancing and secure tailored solutions forthe international trade transactions for import/export customers.This business is supported by a commercial dedicated networkspanning almost 40 countries and by expert teams covering afull range of products: letters of credit, international guarantees,buybacks/discount of trade notes, credit for buyers or supplierswith hedges granted by public-sector credit insurance companiesof exporting countries ( Europe, Asia, North America, SouthAfrica), co-fi nancing alongside multilateral fi nancial institutions.Acquisition FinancingThe acquisition fi nancing team is the result of collaborationbetween Crédit Agricole CIB’s commercial banking and investmentbanking businesses. It offers private equity funds varioustailored services covering all steps of their development (fund-raising,acquisition of target companies, buying and selling advice,IPOs, interest-rate and foreign-exchange products).The team operates in Europe (Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan andMadrid) and in Asia (Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney).Natural resources, infrastructureand powerCrédit Agricole CIB provides fi nancial advice and arranges nonrecoursecredit for new projects or privatisations. The bank andbond fi nancing that Crédit Agricole CIB arranges involves commercialbanks as well as export credit agencies and/or multilateralorganisations.The project fi nance business operates in natural resources (oil,gas, petrochemicals, mines and metalbashing), electricity generationand distribution, environmental services (water, waste processing)and infrastructure (transport, hospitals, prisons, schoolsand public services).The business operates worldwide, with regional excellencecentres in Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, Houston,Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, Sao Paulo andMumbai.14SHELF-REGISTRATION DOCUMENT CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CIB 2010