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Smart move or highway robbery?
PSX has been going very steady for a while so why didn't they just wait it out till 2020 and then sold it to the Chinese for a better price.
And $85 mill for 40%? That seems like peanuts.
Chinese consortium wins bid for 40% stake in Pakistan Stock Exchange
By Salman Siddiqui
Published: December 22, 2016
KARACHI: A Chinese consortium has won the bid for a 40% stake in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with an amount of Rs8.96 billion or roughly $85.5 million, translating to Rs28 per share.
The consortium comprises the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Chinese Futures Exchange, Pak-China Investment Company and Habib Bank Limited.
The development, which means management control of the stock exchange’s core operations goes to the strategic investors, was confirmed by the PSX divestment committee chairman Shehzad Chandia Thursday.
Earlier, the PSX received four bids from interested parties after 19 investors conducted due diligence of the exchange. These were strategic investors from China, the UK and US, equity funds and local financial institutions including MCB Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Faysal Bank Limited and HBL.
Local institutions could not make offers for more than 5% stake each, according to laws of the State Bank of Pakistan, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and PSX.
Under the divestment policy, the PSX would now offer another 20% (160 million) shares to the general public within six months of the completion of acquisition process by the strategic investors.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1271951/chinese-consortium-wins-bid-40-stake-pakistan-stock-exchange/
PSX has been going very steady for a while so why didn't they just wait it out till 2020 and then sold it to the Chinese for a better price.
And $85 mill for 40%? That seems like peanuts.
Chinese consortium wins bid for 40% stake in Pakistan Stock Exchange
By Salman Siddiqui
Published: December 22, 2016
KARACHI: A Chinese consortium has won the bid for a 40% stake in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with an amount of Rs8.96 billion or roughly $85.5 million, translating to Rs28 per share.
The consortium comprises the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Chinese Futures Exchange, Pak-China Investment Company and Habib Bank Limited.
The development, which means management control of the stock exchange’s core operations goes to the strategic investors, was confirmed by the PSX divestment committee chairman Shehzad Chandia Thursday.
Earlier, the PSX received four bids from interested parties after 19 investors conducted due diligence of the exchange. These were strategic investors from China, the UK and US, equity funds and local financial institutions including MCB Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Faysal Bank Limited and HBL.
Local institutions could not make offers for more than 5% stake each, according to laws of the State Bank of Pakistan, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and PSX.
Under the divestment policy, the PSX would now offer another 20% (160 million) shares to the general public within six months of the completion of acquisition process by the strategic investors.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1271951/chinese-consortium-wins-bid-40-stake-pakistan-stock-exchange/
