港中旅領銜收購渣打香港信貸業務
Standard Chartered has agreed to sell its Hong Kong consumer finance unit as part of efforts to boost its share price and appease investors worried that the former darling of emerging markets has lost its way.
渣打銀行(Standard Chartered)已同意出售其香港消費金融業務，這是該銀行提高股價並安撫投資者情緒的努力的一部分，投資者擔心，這個昔日的新興市場寵兒已迷失方向。A consortium led by a state-owned Chinese tourism operator and including Pepper, an Australian non-bank lender, and York Capital Management, the US hedge fund, will take over Hong Kong-based PrimeCredit, as well as Shenzhen PrimeCredit.
一個由一家中國國有旅行社香港中旅牽頭的財團，將收購總部位於香港的安信信貸(PrimeCredit)以及深圳安信。該財團包括澳大利亞非銀行貸款機構Pepper以及美國對衝基金York Capital Management。
The deal is subject to regulatory approval and a price was not disclosed, although it is believed to be $600m–$700m.
這筆交易需得到監管機構的批准，交易價格尚未披露，不過據信交易規模在6億美元至7億美元之間。
The sale of StanChart’s Hong Kong and Shenzhen businesses was first mooted in February, shortly after Peter Sands, the chief executive, outlined a new approach to business viability based on five filters including growth, returns, dividend capacity, network and strategic value.
渣打銀行首次提出出售香港和深圳業務是在今年2月，不久之前，渣打銀行行政總裁冼博德(Peter Sands)提出了一個基於五方面的業務新戰略，包括增長、回報、紅利空間、網絡和戰略價值。All three PrimeCredit buyers are already involved in financial services. China Travel Financial Holdings is part of CTS, a travel-focused state-owned enterprise that has been diversifying into iron and steel, property, logistics and financial services.
安信的所有3個買家都設有金融服務。香港中旅金融控股(China Travel Financial Holdings)是關注旅遊業的中國國有企業中旅(CTS)的子公司，中旅的業務已擴大到鋼鐵、房地產、物流和金融服務。Pepper has been expanding its consumer finance business in the region and this week was reported to have submitted a bid for General Electric’s Australian consumer finance unit, which could fetch more than $1bn. York Capital, an investor in Pepper, is also involved in that bid.
Pepper一直在擴大其在該地區的消費者金融業務，據報道，該公司本週已遞交收購通用電氣(GE)澳大利亞消費者金融業務的出價，可能超過10億美元。York Capital是Pepper的投資者之一，也參與了此次出價。Once the StanChart deal is completed, the new owners plan to sell a HK$5.9bn ($761m) portfolio of residential mortgages to Hong Kong-based Bank of East Asia.
渣打銀行交易完成後，新的所有者計劃將59億港元(合7.61億美元)的住宅抵押貸款組合出售給總部位於香港的東亞銀行(Bank of East Asia)。
