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Groups set to cut stakes in Chinese banks

By Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong and Geoff Dyer in Beijing

Published: January 26 2009 18:01 | Last updated: January 26 2009 18:01

Sales of Chinese bank shares by overseas investors are expected to continue this year as western financial institutions divest stakes to help bolster balance sheets.

Over the past few weeks, UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland have given up their holdings in Bank of China, raising a combined $3.2bn, while Bank of America pocketed $2.8bn by selling a chunk of its stake in the China Construction Bank.

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