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Temasek says sees value in U.S. and UK banks
1 of 3. Temasek Holdings signs are seen before a media briefing at the holdings' headquarters in Singapore August 26, 2008.
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SINGAPORE |
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore sovereign fund Temasek, which spent billions of dollars on shares in Merrill Lynch MER.N, sees value in banking stocks in the United States and Britain, a senior executive said on Tuesday.
"The financial service industry is one we believe in," said Manish Kejriwal, Temasek's senior managing director for investment, International and India, told journalists. "It's a proxy to the economic growth."
"We recently concentrated on U.S. and UK primarily because we see value."
(Reporting by Saeed Azhar and Kevin Lim; Editing by Jan Dahinten)
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