SEOUL: Hana Financial Group Inc plans to announce tomorrow its acquisition of a 51% stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) worth US$4.1bil from US private equity firm Lone Star, according to a report yesterday.
A deal with KEB would mark the biggest private equity auction in Asia this year and Lone Star's final exit from KEB after at least four years of failed attempts to sell.
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