Public Bank made the offer through its Hong Kong financial services subsidiary JCG Holdings Ltd. It will pay 2.5 times book value for Asia Commercial Bank, which operates 12 branches in Hong Kong, a branch in Shenzhen and has representative offices in Shanghai and Shenyang. But what is key, is that Asia Commerical Bank has been given approval by the Chinese authorities to open more branches in China.
Asia Commercial is typical of Hong KongÆs...
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