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ANZ to buy RBS Asian assets for $550m

By Peter Smith in Sydney and Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong

Published: August 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: August 4 2009 05:20

ANZ has taken the first step in a regional expansion by announcing that it will pay $550m for Royal Bank of Scotland’s operations in six Asian countries.

However, the Australian lender admitted on Tuesday that its ambitions for a greater presence in China and India remained unfulfilled.

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