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Saturday, March 31, 2012

DBS Group to bid for stake in Bank Danamon of Indonesia?

Southeast Asia's biggest bank DBS Group Holdings is reportedly bidding for a controlling stake in Indonesia's Bank Danamon.

Based on media reports, DBS has offered to acquire the 68 percent stake in Bank Danamon worth about US$3.2 billion from Fullerton Financial Holdings, a unit of Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings.

Temasek also holds a 29 percent stake in DBS.

A Fullerton Financial Holdings spokesperson confirmed that "it has received an offer for its stake in Asia Financial (Indonesia), which holds shares in Bank Danamon".

DBS has declined to comment.

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