Wanted: A Prince for A Princess

Nine investor consortiums are competing for 51 percent of BCA shares. Several of them are local players who have no experience in managing banks, from a shoe-maker to a tanker king. What's to become of BCA?

December 4, 2001

Just like a bride-to-be, Bank Central Asia (BCA) can perhaps be likened to a rich heiress: she may be fortunate to find a soulmate who will be by her side to face a bright future or unfortunate to find an irresponsible man interested only in divesting her of her money. So, the minute the contest for a groom was officially opened, an assortment of bridegrooms-to-be, foreign and local, beat a path to her door. Even those who don't know anythin

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