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The completion of the merger of Hong Leong Bank with Wah Tat Bank and Hong Leong Finance with Credit Corporation Malaysia on 1 January 2001 marks the emergence of a larger banking group. HLBB is a member of the Hong Leong Group. The group has diversified businesses in financial services, manufacturing, property, and infrastructure development.
Commercial banks in Singapore may undertake universal banking, such as the taking of deposits and the provision of cheque services and lending, as well any other business authorised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, including financial advisory services, insurance brokering and capital market services, as long as they are permitted under section 30 of the Banking Act.
Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad, more commonly known as Hong Leong Group, is a conglomerate based in Malaysia. Founded as a trading company in 1963 by Quek Leng Chan and Kwek Hong Png , the company controls 14 listed companies involved in the financial services, manufacturing, distribution, property and infrastructure development.
Bank name Country Market capitalisation (US$ billion) 1 Bank Central Asia Indonesia: 67.6 2 DBS Bank Singapore: 63.0 3 Bank Rakyat Indonesia Indonesia: 50.1 4 OCBC Bank Singapore: 39.7 5 United Overseas Bank Singapore: 38.0 6 Bank Mandiri Indonesia: 26.9 7 Maybank Malaysia: 24.7 8 Public Bank Berhad Malaysia: 21.2 9 Vietcombank Vietnam: 16.9 10 ...
Guoco Group Limited (Chinese: 國浩集團有限公司, SEHK: 53) is an investment holding company.The principal activities of its subsidiaries and associated companies include investment and treasury management, property development and investment, stock and commodity broking, insurance, investment advisory, fund management as well as banking and finance, operating principally in Hong Kong ...
Kwek's father, the late Kwek Hong Png left Tongan, Fujian province, China as a penniless teenager for Singapore and subsequently founded the Hong Leong group there. Kwek Leng Beng was trained as lawyer in London, but chose to join the family business in the early 1960s.
Founded in 1963, CDL first developed projects in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as well as in Singapore. Due to geo-political changes, CDL was making a loss before being controlled by Hong Leong Bank via shares acquisition in 1969. Since then, CDL has developed many types of properties from shopping malls to integrated developments. [5]
Both Hong Kong (the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) and the Republic of Singapore are former British colonies which have maintained trade relations since the 19th century, and have both become an important financial centre, maintaining diplomatic missions and trade offices to further their bilateral relations.