|
BIZCHINA> Top Biz News
![]() |
|
ABC says no clear listing plans yet
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-03-18 11:43 Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) said on Wednesday it does not yet have any clear plans to go public and has not begun talks with any investors who might take a strategic stake before its listing. ABC, which is the last of China's major State lenders to undergo restructuring into a commercially oriented bank, posted the statement on its website in response to what it called market rumors.
Bringing a foreign strategic investor on board before moving to a public listing was a model used by China's other three State-owned banks as they underwent reform. But it is not clear whether the same pattern will apply to ABC, the last unlisted member of the nation's big four banks, as the financial crisis has taken a heavy toll on financial institutions around the world. Sources familiar with the matter have said that Chinese authorities were annoyed that cash-strapped strategic investors Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of America dumped shares in Bank of China and China Construction Bank as soon as lockup provisions expired earlier this year. "I think the Chinese were slightly miffed that it happened when markets are weak," one banking source said. Finding strategic investors for ABC would present a major challenge given the distress of global banks and their focus on core operations. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
|
阿勒泰市| 大港区| 昔阳县| 麻阳| 田林县| 新乡县| 永吉县| 马尔康县| 涡阳县| 库尔勒市| 随州市| 家居| 台山市| 原平市| 大渡口区| 阿拉善右旗| 新郑市| 宣武区| 建宁县| 丰都县| 库尔勒市| 商河县| 禄丰县| 宿州市| 拉萨市| 香河县| 灯塔市| 邵阳市| 西昌市| 台南市| 长子县| 嵊州市| 上栗县| 新邵县| 佛山市| 雷波县| 临夏市| 澎湖县| 澜沧| 卓资县| 石家庄市|