EPF buys US$641m stake in bank

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MALAYSIA — The government pension fund has purchased a further US$641m (32.8%) stake in Malaysian bank Rashid Hussain, making it the majority shareholder.

Utama Banking Group announced yesterday it had sold its shares to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), which now controls a 61.8% stake in the nation’s fourth largest bank. Both EON Capital and Ku...

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