(This Aug. 31 story has been corrected to make clear Silicon Valley Financial institution exited its China be part of enterprise, not that it was purchased out by an area associate, within the headline and paragraph 3)
BEIJING (Reuters) – Silicon Valley Financial institution’s Chinese language three way partnership will turn into an entirely owned unit of Shanghai Pudong Growth Financial institution, following approval to vary its title to Shanghai Innovation Financial institution, a Chinese language monetary regulator mentioned late on Friday.
Silicon Valley Financial institution’s (SVB) collapse final yr was one of many largest in U.S. banking historical past and left its three way partnership with Shanghai Pudong Growth Financial institution (SPD) – SPD Silicon Valley – within the lurch after no patrons emerged to accumulate SVB’s stake.
In an announcement on Friday, the Nationwide Monetary Regulatory Administration’s Shanghai department mentioned it had agreed the financial institution may regulate its shareholder ratios in order that SPD holds 100% of the shares, successfully approving SVB exiting the three way partnership.
The financial institution’s registered capital has been lowered to the equal of 1 billion yuan ($141 million) from 2 billion yuan.
($1 = 7.0900 renminbi)
