Singapore Tycoon Wee Cho Yaw's UOB To Buy Citi's Southeast Asia Consumer Business for $3.6 billion

United Overseas Bank - tswj los ntawm billionaire Wee Cho Yaw - tau pom zoo kom tau Citigroup cov neeg siv khoom lag luam hauv tuam txhab nyiaj thoob plaws Indonesia, Malaysia, Thaib thiab Nyab Laj raws li Singapore qiv nyiaj nrawm nrawm thoob plaws Asia.

Qhov kev txiav txim siab yuav yog kwv yees li S$ 4.9 billion ($ 3.6 billion), uas suav nrog tus nqi ntawm S$ 915 lab nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm kev lag luam 'tag nrho cov cuab tam muaj nqis ntawm S$ 4 billion li lub Rau Hli xyoo tas los. Tus nqi tag yuav raug kho raws li NAV ntawm kev lag luam thaum qhov kev sib cog lus tiav, uas yuav tsum muaj nyob nruab nrab ntawm 2022 thiab thaum ntxov 2024 raws li kev tswj hwm kev pom zoo.

"Cov kev lag luam tau txais, ua ke nrog UOB cov neeg siv khoom lag luam hauv cheeb tsam, yuav tsim kev sib xyaw ua ke uas yuav txhawb nqa UOB Group txoj kev lag luam thiab nce peb txoj haujlwm ua lub tuam txhab lag luam hauv cheeb tsam," UOB tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO Wee Ee Cheong tau hais hauv nqe lus. Ee Cheong yog tus tub hlob ntawm tuam txhab nyiaj txiag thiab vaj tsev tycoon Wee Cho Yaw, uas tam sim no yog tus thawj tswj hwm hauv tuam txhab nyiaj tom qab tau tawm haujlwm hauv 2013.

Qhov kev pom zoo tuaj tom qab Citigroup tau pom zoo lub hli tas los muag nws cov neeg siv khoom lag luam hauv Philippines rau Union Bank ntawm Philippines, uas suav nrog tsev neeg Aboitiz, yog ib lub tebchaws nplua nuj tshaj plaws, uas yog tus tswv lag luam loj tshaj plaws.

Citigroup npaj tawm nws cov neeg siv khoom lag luam kev lag luam thoob plaws 13 lub khw hauv Asia, Europe, Middle East thiab Africa. Cov kev faib tawm yuav tsum tso tawm kwv yees li $ 7 nphom ntawm kev faib khoom sib luag sib luag nyob rau lub sijhawm.

"Kev tsom mus rau peb txoj kev lag luam los ntawm cov kev nqis tes no yuav pab txhawb kev nqis peev ntxiv hauv peb cov phiaj xwm tsom mus rau kev lag luam, suav nrog peb lub koom haum koom nrog thoob plaws Asia Pacific, tsav tsheb zoo rau Citi," Peter Babej, Citi Asia Pacific CEO, tau hais.

Qhov kev yuav tau yuav ntxiv 2.4 lab tus neeg siv khoom thoob plaws UOB cov lag luam tseem ceeb hauv Indonesia, Malaysia, Thaib thiab Nyab Laj, ntau dua ob npaug ntawm pab pawg neeg hauv cheeb tsam rau kwv yees li 5.3 lab. Kev lag luam hauv cheeb tsam Citigroup, uas tsim cov nyiaj tau los ntawm S$ 500 lab hauv thawj ib nrab xyoo 2021, yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig tam sim ntawd rau UOB, tus qiv nyiaj hauv Singapore tau hais.

Wee tau hais tias "UOB ntseeg hais tias nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Asia muaj peev xwm mus ntev thiab peb tau raug qhuab qhia, xaiv thiab ua siab ntev nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom loj hlob," Wee tau hais.

UOB, Singapore tus neeg qiv nyiaj loj thib peb los ntawm cov khoom muaj nqis, tau koom nrog xyoo 1935 los ntawm Wee Cho Yaw txiv Wee Khiang Cheng ua United China Bank. Dhau li ntawm nws tswj cov paj laum hauv tuam txhab nyiaj, Wee, 93, tuav cov ceg txheem ntseeg tseem ceeb hauv cov tuam txhab vaj tse xws li UOL Group thiab Kheng Leong. Nrog rau cov nuj nqis ntawm $ 6.8 nphom, nws tau nyob qib 9 ntawm cov npe ntawm Singapore's 50 Richest uas tau tshaj tawm thaum Lub Yim Hli.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanburgos/2022/01/13/singapore-tycoon-wee-cho-yaws-uob-to-buy-citis-southeast-asia-consumer-business-for- 36 billions /