| Shares of Tritech Group rose 37% to 4.4 cents in the first half hour of trading today after it said it is seeking to venture into fintech and capital raising. If that materialises, Tritech would have a new controlling shareholder. It's a new field for the Singapore specialist engineering services and water & environmental group, which has a track record of contract wins for government transport projects in Singapore. Tritech said it has entered into two non-binding MOUs to explore cooperation with two Chinese entities to meet demand from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies in China to raise capital offshore through the issuance of USD-denominated bonds in overseas markets. Tritech signed the MOUs with China Business Credit Guarantee Co., Ltd (中国企业 信用担保有限公司) and OOway Technology Co., Ltd (大路网络科技有限公司). |
• China Business Credit Guarantee Co (CBC) is a SOE established to assist other SOEs to raise capital overseas and intends to develop or expand its business by assisting existing or potential SOE clients to undertake the issuance of USD-denominated bonds in Singapore.
The first MOU with CBC contemplates the possibility of the Group entering into a cooperation agreement with CBC, whereby the Group will assist or cooperate with CBC by providing certain services in connection with the cross-border financing platform and Credit 3.0 product developed by OOway Technology.
• OOway Technology is a B2B Fintech company with two main areas of business, namely, the provision of advisory services to SOEs for the issuance of USD-denominated bonds overseas and to help privately-owned Chinese companies to raise USD denominated funds (including loans) from offshore and onshore financial institutions.
As China’s first cross-border financing platform, OOway Technology has designed and developed its proprietary credit assessment system – the Behavior Model of Association Risk System (“bMARS”) – to help members on its platform connect with international financial institutions.
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Dr. Jeffrey Wang, MD of Tritech, said, “The Chinese bond market is currently the third largest in the world with a market capitalisation of USD12 trillion. In tandem with this, overseas investors’ investment in bonds issued by PRC issuers have increased, and there also appears to be increasing interest of SOEs in the PRC to raise capital offshore through the issuance of USD-denominated bonds in overseas markets. |
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See company announcement here.
