Consortium of Investment Banking Institution Standards (CIBIS)

The Consortium of Investment Banking Institution Standards (CIBIS) is a non-profit group of independent private investment bankers, with member banking institutions and financial services institutions.  The organization was formed in 2006 in response to banking regulation reforms in the European Union, to uphold the integrity of the profession of private banking, defend banking professionals against manipulation by political forces, maintain objective criteria for financial transactions, discourage abuses of the international banking system, and promote human rights and civil rights affected by banking transactions.

CIBIS morally supports the many companies seeking international project financing, and understands the perpetual demand for collateral enhancement structures, structured funding with asset leveraging, monetizing banknotes and instruments, and various related transactions with banking institutions for funding.  Our members receive numerous related requests every day, and endeavour to help such companies.  As a contribution of quality and effectiveness standards for this prominent sector of the industry, many of the model structures, transactions and syndicated model financial products and services developed and refined by CIBIS are designed to help member institutions best meet project financing needs for both commercial loans and direct investment.

As an independent “think tank”, CIBIS acquires, analyzes, develops and licenses a wide range of proprietary intellectual property, exclusively for use by licensed and authorized banking institutions.  This includes research and guidelines on anti-fraud detection and preventive measures, standardized model structured transactions with guidelines on effective and reliable implementation, and syndicated model financial products and services meeting higher standards of quality and professionalism in the banking industry.  All informational, structural and procedural materials and model products and services are approved by the legal and compliance departments of multiple member institutions.

CIBIS does not provide any services, and does not engage in any commercial activities with the public.  It’s only source of revenues is non-profit donations and licensing fees from use of its intellectual property by member institutions.  It does not engage in “brokering” for the services of its members.  Associate members who actively contribute to CIBIS on a volunteer basis may make referrals to institutional members with whom they may have an established relationship, without any involvement of CIBIS.

These informational publications are provided only for limited public relations, to present the nature of CIBIS private non-commercial activities.  This is intended only to support participating members accurately and truthfully describing their membership involvement, and clarifying the context and significance of such membership.  The topics addressed here will help the reader to better understand the policies, goals and motivations behind our syndicated model financial structures, products and services which may be provided by qualified institutional members.