Value Partners targets turnaround of KBC Goldstate
Hong Kong-based Value Partners' CEO sees its purchase of a stake in the Chinese fund house as a springboard for its mainland business, but acknowledges the challenges it faces.
Sino-foreign asset management joint ventures pose big challenges, particularly for the minority - , foreign partner. But at least the deal announced yesterday by Hong Kong’s Value Partners will unite two fund houses with closer ties than in many other mainland fund JVs.
Value Partners agreed in November to acquire Belgian firm KBC Asset Management’s 49% equity interest (the maximum possible for a foreign firm) in Shanghai-based KBC Goldstate for an estimated Rmb40.5 million (HK$49…
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