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    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Bank of East Asia downplays concerns over executive’s arrest

      Chen Zhiren was reportedly detained by Beijing police in July over bribery allegations

    • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
      Lex
      Elliott/Bank of East Asia: the hold up Premium content

      Doubts over Hong Kong’s status make quick asset sales improbable

    • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
      Elliott closes in on victory in Bank of East Asia control battle

      Hong Kong’s last big family-run lender starts talks on selling its banking businesses

    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
      Investor activism
      Elliott and Bank of East Asia hit pause in battle for control

      Strategic review could prompt sale of parts of Hong Kong’s last big family-run bank

    • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
      Standard Chartered PLC
      HK banks offer relief to customers amid coronavirus outbreak

      StanChart and HSBC to provide liquidity support to borrowers in their biggest market 

    • Friday, 14 June, 2019
      Bank of East Asia shares slump after profit warning
    • Monday, 7 May, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      US hedge funds drive surge in Asia investor activism

      Number of campaigns up almost tenfold since 2011 amid search for higher returns on risk

    • Sunday, 22 April, 2018
      Investing in funds
      Spadework in China pays off as top five asset managers pull ahead

      Z-Ben executive says anyone resting on laurels will be overtaken quickly

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
      Asia-Pacific equities
      Hang Seng drops 1.7% as Hong Kong financials falter
    • Friday, 19 August, 2016
      World
      Bank of East Asia profits hurt by Chinese impairments
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      Asia-Pacific companies
      Activist investors accelerate efforts to build influence in Asia

      Hedge fund efforts to shift policy are rubbing off on regular shareholders

    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      Americas companies
      Elliott launches legal proceedings against Bank of East Asia

      US hedge fund hopes to pave way for trade sale of Hong Kong’s last family-run lender

    • Monday, 18 July, 2016
      World
      Elliott starts legal proceedings against Bank of East Asia
    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2016
      World
      Hong Kong market off to rough start
    • Thursday, 2 June, 2016
      Financial job losses
      Bank of East Asia shrinks securities presence in HK
    • Monday, 25 April, 2016
      UK banks
      China Renaissance gains approval for mainland brokerage
    • Thursday, 4 February, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Elliott calls on Bank of East Asia to sell itself

      Activist hedge fund returns to the attack on ‘entrenched’ executive management

    • Tuesday, 12 May, 2015
      Banks
      Elliott Advisors pursues HK’s Bank of East Asia

      Institution accused of placing its founding family ahead of other investors

    • Monday, 16 February, 2015
      Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
      China’s big banks sidestep ‘too big to fail’ capital buffers

      Regulators fearful of crimping global growth give lenders special treatment

    • Sunday, 15 February, 2015
      Fund management
      The week: February 16

      Elliott launches legal battle against Bank of East Asia and Third Point buys into Fanuc

    • Wednesday, 11 February, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Elliott challenges Bank of East Asia in court

      Activist hedge fund seeks explanation for Hong Kong bank’s sale of shares to Japan’s SMFG

    • Tuesday, 28 October, 2014
      News in-depthFT Trading Room
      Bank of East Asia’s relationship-building prowess blocks offers

      Bank of East Asia is a near-perfect example of tangled ties that drive so much business in Asia

    • Sunday, 17 November, 2013
      Banks
      Banking: Niche groups offer entrée to mainland

      Small family-owned institutions are unlikely to maintain their independence

    • Tuesday, 17 September, 2013
      Banks
      Takeover talk triggers rally on Hong Kong banks
    • Thursday, 8 August, 2013
      FT AlphavilleCardiff Garcia
      Fun stuff in the BEA’s working papers about the GDP measurement changes
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