HONG KONG: Bank of East Asia Ltd, the Hong Kong lender targeted by billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp, rejected a call by the hedge-fund firm to consider selling itself even after posting a bigger-than-expected profit drop.
Instead, the bank intends to focus on improving and executing on what it already has, according to a BEA statement filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday.
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