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China Everbright Bank

(中国光大银行)

China Everbright Bank
China Everbright Bank
中国光大银行
China Everbright Group is a state-run financial conglomerate. Its operations include China Everbright Ltd, which listed in Hong Kong in 1997 with the stock code 165, and China Everbright Bank. Another unit, brokerage China Everbright Securities, was penalised in August 2013 after a trading glitch caused a spike of more than 5 per cent in China’s stock indexes on August 16.
Chairman / President
Yu Fachang
CEO / Managing Director
Lin Chun
CFO / Finance Director
Wong Chun Sek
Industry
Banking, Financial Services, Fund & Asset Management
Website
cebbank.com
Headquarters Address
China Everbright Center, 25 Taipingqiao Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Stock Code
SSE: 601818
SSE: 360013
SEHK: 6818
Year Founded
1992
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Five new listings made their debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, with China Everbright Bank, the largest flotation of the year, performing the worst.

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JPMorgan Chase has pulled out of a syndicate of banks working on China Everbright Bank's US$2 billion share sale in Hong Kong, two people familiar with the matter said.

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China Everbright Bank, which received the go-ahead for a listing from the Hong Kong stock exchange late last month, held a meeting with its syndicate bankers in Beijing yesterday, two people familiar with the deal said, prompting speculation of a year-end listing that would raise up to US$4 billion.

China Everbright Bank is making its third attempt to complete a long-planned H-share sale by issuing 12 billion shares. Photo: AFP
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