Foreign investors’ bank bid left hanging
China is unlikely to allow foreign investors to purchase controlling stakes in its small and medium-sized banks, leaving Citigroup’s bid to buy stakes in China’s Guangdong Development Bank hanging.
A source close to the banking regulator said that China was not likely to loosen its control of the banking sector, which currently restricts foreigners to a maximum of 25 per cent equity, with individual investors capped at 20 per cent.
"The case of Guangdong Development Bank has been looked into many times by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and other related administrations, and it is hard to break the present restrictions on foreign strategic investor issues," CBRC said in a letter to the Guangdong Municipal Government.
The Guangdong Development Bank has 26 branches in South China’s Guangdong Province and is heavily in debt.
Its competitors, France’s Societe Generale and China’s Ping An Insurance (Group) Co, offered less for the bank.
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