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Morgan Stanley buys Nantong Bank

By Allen Wong
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Posted 03 October 2006 @ 01:20 pm HKT

US investment bank Morgan Stanley announced yestoday it has acquired the Zhuhai Nantong Bank owned by Macau branch of Bank of China.

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US investment bank Morgan Stanley
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The deal's details were undisclosed. After the deal finished, Nantong Bank will become the Morgan's full-owned subsidary, and the transaction has been apporved by CBRC.

By the acquisition, Morgan Stanley gains the license to all-around develope its banking business in China, including deposit, mortgage loan, enterprises loans, exchanging foreign currency, trading raise and credit loans.

The group CEO said the deal give them a platform to provide more investment products covered the various fields; while the transaction makes it become a leader in the US banking sector, which makes it develope its banking business in full aspects.

Furthermore, the Nantong Bank, still without a license for RMB business, will apply for the business to provide all kinds of RMB products, structual products ect to mainland residents.

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