Sponsored Links

Bernanke touts benefits of Fed easing, no hint of pullback

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover, and the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, central bank chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.

» More Business News

Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

LONDON - From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy.

» More Small Business News

China denounces EU airline carbon law, seeks talks

BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new law.

» More Green Business News

HSBC drops out of race for Indonesia BII stake: source

A woman walks past a HSBC logo at a branch office in Seoul March 5, 2008. HSBC has dropped out of the race to buy Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings' 42 percent stake in Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) while South Korea's Kookmin has been shortlisted, a source briefed on the deal told Reuters on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

A woman walks past a HSBC logo at a branch office in Seoul March 5, 2008. HSBC has dropped out of the race to buy Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings' 42 percent stake in Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) while South Korea's Kookmin has been shortlisted, a source briefed on the deal told Reuters on Tuesday.

Credit: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak

SINGAPORE | Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:34am EDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) has dropped out of the race to buy Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings' 42 percent stake in Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) while South Korea's Kookmin 060000.KS has been shortlisted, a source briefed on the deal told Reuters on Tuesday.

"HSBC has dropped out," said the source, adding Kookmin joined Malaysia's top lender Malayan Banking Bhd (MBBM.KL) and Bank of China (601988.SS) as a final bidder.

Temasek is very close to deciding the buyer for the stake, the source said.

Temasek, which has stakes in two Indonesian banks, is trying to sell its 42 percent stake in BII to comply with a new central bank rule that bars foreign investors from owning more than one bank in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. It also owns a controlling stake in Bank Danamon (BDMN.JK).

(Reporting by Saeed Azhar, editing by Neil Chatterjee)
Deals
Global Deals Review: 2011 Q3
Global Deals Review: 2011 Q2
Global Deals Review
Comments (0)
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.