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rhb banking group: surviving THE AFTERMATH OF ASIA FINANCIAL CRISIS 1997
1. INTRODUCTION
RHB Banking Group (RHB Capital) was incorporated in Malaysia as a public limited company in August 1994 under the name of DCB Holdings Berhad. It assumed its present name on 16 June 1997. RHB Capital was listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on December 1994, replacing DCB Bank Berhad (now known as RHB Bank Berhad), pursuant to a restructuring scheme undertaken in 1994. Currently RHB Banking Group is the fourth largest fully integrated services group in Malaysia providing financial products and services through its main subsidiaries – RHB Bank Berhad, RHB Investment Bank Berhad, OSK Investment Bank Berhad, RHB Insurance Berhad and RHB Islamic Bank Berhad, while its asset management and unit trust businesses are undertaken by RHB Asset Management Sendirian Berhad and RHB Islamic International Asset Management Berhad. In March 2005, the RHB Banking Group became the first domestic financial group to set up an Islamic banking subsidiary, known as RHB Islamic Bank Berhad. In November 2012, the RHB Banking Group acquired OSK Investment Bank Berhad (OSKIB) and in April 2013, the merger between OSKIB with RHB Investment Berhad (RHBIB) made RHBIB the largest investment bank in Malaysia by assets. The Group’s core businesses are streamlined into seven Strategic Business Group: retail banking, business banking, group transaction banking, corporate & investment banking, Islamic banking, global financial banking and group treasury. As of 2013, RHB Bank has over 194 branches in Malaysia, 21 branches in Singapore, 2 branches in Thailand, and 1 branch in Brunei and Vietnam (RHB
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