BOC Aviation sets sights on investor education

BOC Aviation, which completed a $1.1 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong on Wednesday, is now setting its sights on helping Asian investors and the wider public understand the aviation leasing business as it becomes the sector's first major public company in the region.

“We are tasked with synthesising the information in a simple way so that people can easily understand,” Robert Martin, chief executive officer of BOC Aviation, told FinanceAsia in an exclusive interview.

Investor education is one of the top priorities for the aircraft leasing unit of Bank of China because it has tapped a pool of investors who are new to...