Renowned for its product innovation and award-winning market intelligence, CLSA has built its reputation on unrivalled equity research and economic analysis which is consistently voted as the best in Asia. CLSA ranked No.1 for Most Accurate Research in Asia in Bloomberg's poll 2006; No.3 overall in Institutional Investor's All-Asia Research Poll 2006; and No.2 in The Asset's Asian Equities Benchmark Survey 2005.
CLSA is one of Asia's largest independent equity brokerages and one of the world's largest agency brokers. The group's investment banking and equity capital markets services include M&A advisory, equity transactions and public offerings. Alternative asset management is offered through eight Asia-based funds under CLSA Capital Partners.
Founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, CLSA has more than 1,000 dedicated professionals located in 15 Asian cities, plus Dubai, London and New York. CLSA's major shareholder is France's Credit Agricole, which merged in 2003 with Credit Lyonnais, to form the 8th largest bank in the world by Tier One capital and the 6th largest bank in the world by assets. CLSA enjoys substantial staff ownership which contributes to its independent stance and operations.
