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MBK only bidder for KEB

Private equity fund MBK Partners is the sole bidder for a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, Yonhap news agency reported.The firm submitted a letter of intent, with an offer understood to be in the order of US$4 billion.ANZ and Standard Chartered made earlier offers of less than four trillion won ($US3.3 billion), the report said.

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