RBS Close To Announcing Sale Of Taiwan Assets To ANZ-Sources
July 30 2009 - 7:35AM
Dow Jones News
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (RBS) will announce the sale of its
Taiwan banking assets to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Ltd. (ANZ.AU) as soon as next week, people familiar with the
situation said Thursday.
One of them said Taiwan would be the first of several Asian
retail and commercial banking assets ANZ would acquire from RBS.
Included in this sale, however, would be RBS's Taiwan investment
banking operations, the person said.
The people didn't disclose the price of the acquisition.
ANZ's Melbourne-based spokesman Paul Edwards declined to comment
but said "discussions (with RBS) are progressing well."
RBS's Hong Kong based spokeswoman Yukmin Hui said the sale
process of the Asian retail and commercial assets is "well
advanced," but wouldn't comment on individual elements of the deal
due to regulatory and confidentiality constraints.
"RBS will continue to retain its presence in 11 markets in Asia,
including its securities business in Taiwan," she added. She didn't
elaborate on what the securities business entailed.
RBS said earlier in the year that it planned to sell its retail
and commercial businesses in the region, as part of efforts to
dispose of noncore businesses. But it left the door open to selling
other noncore operations as well.
The troubled lender's sale of assets has attracted the attention
of not just ANZ, which is still primarily focused on the Australian
market, but also Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN), which has a wide
franchise in the region, other people familiar with the situation
said earlier.
-By Amy Or, Dow Jones Newswires; 852-2832 2335;
amy.or@dowjones.com
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