HONG KONG: Elliott Management Corp, the hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer and fourth-largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia Ltd, urged the lender to explore a sale of the company “at an appropriate premium.”
The fund, which holds a 7% stake in the Hong Kong-based bank, made its case in a letter to fellow stockholders in which it blamed an “entrenched executive management” for mismanaging the business.
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