Citibank 2015 Annual Report Download - page 13

institution. But it still has a truly
global presence, in both consumer and
wholesale banking, which competitors
will struggle to replicate” and that
“Citi’s management has taken many of
the necessary steps to ensure that a
global universal banking model works.
Our belief is that its clients and its
shareholders will increasingly see the
benefits of its unique global franchise.”
advisor to GE Capital on the sale of
its U.S. Sponsor Finance business to
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
for more than $11 billion, the sale of
its Healthcare Financial Services U.S.
• Global Finance named Citi Best
Overall Global Digital Bank, which
recognized our continued success in
the execution of our digital strategy,
which is characterized by innovation
and client experience and evidenced
by our award-winning transaction
services channels: CitiDirect BE® and
CitiConnect®. Citi was also included
in Global Finance’s The Innovators
lending business to Capital One for
approximately $9 billion, the sale of its
European Acquisition Finance business
— representing aggregate ending net
investment (ENI) of approximately
$2.2 billion — to Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, and the sale
of its equipment lending and leasing
business in Mexico (representing ENI
of approximately $1.1 billion) to Linzor
Citi was the lead investor in the Turner Multifamily Impact Fund to help address the growing shortage of affordable rental housing in the U.S.
Citi also invested in the Turner-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund II, which promotes the success and growth of best-in-class charter schools.
Citi Community Capital
closed a financing deal
for the New England
Center and Home for
Veterans to support
the modernization and
expansion of housing
options for homeless
veterans in Boston.
Citi was global coordinator
for a USD$3 billion initial
financing to construct
Mexico City’s new
international airport. The
Citi-led transaction is one
of the largest emerging
markets privately financed
infrastructure financings.
Con Edison Development, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Consolidated
Edison, Inc., developed CED
Alamo 5, a 95-megawatt
solar energy project located
82 miles southwest of San
Antonio, Texas. Citi was lead
placement agent in arranging
a $159 million senior notes
offering for the project, the
largest solar facility in the
state of Texas and the first in
the U.S. to employ dual-axis
tracking technology.
Citi, acting as sole structuring
agent, lead bookrunner and
global coordinator, priced
LATAM Airlines Group’s
inaugural 2015-1 Enhanced
Equipment Trust Certificate
(EETC) transaction, making
it the first EETC issued by a
Latin American airline.
2015 listing of global firms that are
engendering innovation in treasury and
transaction processing. Citi’s Treasury
and Trade Solutions business was also
named Global Trade Review’s Best
Global Trade Finance Banks and Best
Global Supply Chain Finance Bank.
11