Because asset-backed securities represent rights to future cash flow from the underlying collateral, they offer investors the benefits of high credit quality as well as yield enhancement. Our company has led the market in securitizing assets including mortgages, home equity loans, credit card receivables, trade receivables and auto loans through structures such as bonds, notes, commercial paper, Euronotes, Eurobonds, certificates of deposit, pass-through and pay-through securities and property income certificates. We also serve as trustee, registrar and paying agents on the securities. Global Equipment Finance When "use" of a fixed asset is more important to your company than "ownership" of it, Our company will help you get the equipment you need in a manner that keeps your working capital working while creating tax and accounting advantages. Our experience covers a wide range of leasing and equipment finance transactions, including general equipment and vehicle master lease programs, vendor programs, secured franchise financing, and dealer financing, as well as leasing programs for ships and rail cars.

Cash Management Our company is a recognized industry leader in cash management services. With 3,500 offices staffed by local professionals in 100 countries around the world, Our company has a unique global infrastructure providing a wide range of innovative financial solutions. Our extensive network of highly qualified banking professionals provides a combination of local knowledge and global expertise to help you meet your strategic business goals. Our company’s success is continually acknowledged through such recognition as Corporate Finance magazine’s award for Top Bank in Cash Management and Finance Asia magazine’s award for Best Cash Management Bank. This is a testament to our commitment to meeting the financial needs of our customers.

Emerging economies'' growth and industrialized economies'' needs for infrastructure upgrades have created substantial financing needs for power plants, telecommunications networks, oil and gas development, mines, water treatment facilities, toll roads, and airports. Citibank and Salomon Smith Barney help project sponsors obtain funding (often non-recourse) on the basis of future project revenues. We offer clients advice, loans, bonds, export credit, and multilateral agency financing, as well as local currency financing, foreign exchange, and cash management. We are leaders in the developed world as well as the emerging markets. We are a leading global advisor and underwriter of commercial mortgage-backed securities. We focus on loan trading, lending, sale-leasebacks, equity placement and sales advisory. Internationally, we are a leading CMBS provider, structuring unique financial solutions for complex real estate transactions.Securitization offers you a strategic funding alternative by enabling you to turn assets with predictable cash flows into a capital source, thereby restructuring your risk profile, obtaining a cash infusion, and perhaps reducing your capital requirements by removing the assets from the balance sheet.

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