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Barron's has more information than Goldman Sachs.

Because he knew that in the original time and space, on February 22 this year, Qiu Deba would unexpectedly pass away due to a heart attack. After his death, his children were not as willing as Qiu Deba to continue to hold shares in Standard Chartered Bank. The pull is so strong, which makes it possible for these shares to be sold.

It really caused a period of speculation at the time.

It is indeed true that in 2006, his shares were acquired by Temasek Holdings, a state-owned investment company in Lijiapo.

Standard Chartered Bank is currently listed in London and HK respectively, with a total market value of about US$6.6 billion. Based on this calculation, Qiu Teck Pu's 13.5% stake in Standard Chartered Bank is worth approximately US$900 million.

By 2006, when Temasek acquired these shares, its market value had reached US$4 billion.

From here we can also see the future potential of Standard Chartered Bank.

After returning the 3 billion pounds of financing from Barclays Bank and Goldman Sachs Group to the previous 4 billion pound loan that DS Capital obtained from Northrock Bank, there is still 1 billion pounds left, equivalent to about 1.75 billion U.S. dollars. In addition to taking out the In addition to the US$600 million invested in the Zeuss fund, there are currently more than US$1.15 billion in funds on hand.

Originally, DS Capital was preparing to acquire Marconi, the largest communications manufacturer in the UK, but unfortunately, the other party once again rejected their offer of 800 million pounds.

Therefore, Barron has used some of these funds to purchase outstanding shares of Standard Chartered Bank on the London Stock Exchange.

In the next two years, Standard Chartered Bank developed rapidly because of the successful management of the bank by Davis, who was serving as CEO of Standard Chartered Bank at this time.

Its market value will skyrocket from the current level of around US$6.6 billion to nearly US$30 billion - of course, because Standard Chartered Bank is mainly listed on the London Stock Exchange, its market value will also benefit from the increase in the pound against the US dollar exchange rate, if it is priced in US dollars. A lot.

But what has to be admitted is that even if the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank cannot be completed in the end, even as a financial investment, the increase in its market value will be completely satisfactory.

So far, Barron's DS Capital has spent US$150 million to purchase approximately 25.685 million shares of Standard Chartered Bank at an average price of US$5.84, accounting for 2.27% of its total share capital.

Next, his goal is to acquire the 13.5% shares of Standard Chartered Bank he owns from Qiu Deba, the richest man in Lijiapo.

Barron has also made plans for this. Even if this acquisition fails, he will continue to acquire shares of Standard Chartered Bank from other shareholders. He may even try to become the largest shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank by raising funds from Goldman Sachs Group. shareholders, thus taking the bank under its ownership.

In fact, as an investment group, DS Group has always lacked its own financing channels. Barron also hopes to make up for this shortcoming by acquiring Standard Chartered Bank.

For example, including Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs Group and Northen Rock Bank, the reason why they are able to provide so many loans and financing to DS Capital is because these banks themselves are able to absorb large amounts of funds through deposits and other methods.

And the interest they need to pay on these funds is much lower than the interest on loans and financing.

This is equivalent to them obtaining "financial leverage" through deposits, etc., and through lending, they can obtain the interest difference and make money easily.

This is why the Internet giants around the world, including China, can't help but get involved in the financial business. It is really easy to make money in this way.

Goldman Sachs is also very enthusiastic about Barron's acquisition of the "big business" of Standard Chartered Bank.

The Qiu Teck Puat family is involved in banking business and has many contacts with Goldman Sachs Group. Therefore, he said that he would personally come forward to create opportunities for Barron to meet Mr. Qiu Teck Puat.

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When Barron met with Goldman Sachs Group CEO Lloyd Blankfein on a small island in West Africa, the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

This is a small island less than 10 nautical miles away from Loti, the capital of Kolo. It was originally deserted.

One day ago, a passing cargo ship sent more than a hundred people on board to this small island.

Yes, these are the soldiers of the Kolo Liberation Front and members of the Special Operations Forces who are about to participate in the coup in the capital of Kolo.

Among them, there is also a special member, Jammeh Bongo, the leader of the Colo Liberation Front. He will also participate in this coup under the protection of soldiers and make a public speech after its success.

It can be said that Jamei Bongo has taken the risk this time.

In fact, he will not be in much danger this time, because for this operation, Barron purchased two CH47 Chigannu large transport helicopters from the US military in Iraq.

The CH47 Chigannu large transport aircraft can be said to be a very well-known military helicopter in the US military. It has been in service with the US military since 1962, and it has been more than 40 years now.

However, starting this year, all CH47 Chigannu helicopters of the US military will begin to be retired one after another. This is why Barron was able to purchase this large transport helicopter in the name of Protector Military Services Company at this time.

The reason why we have waited until now to start taking action is not only to continuously weaken the strength of the other two anti-government forces on the Colo Liberation Front in the grassland area, but also to wait for the two transport planes to arrive in West Africa.

Under normal circumstances, a CH47 Chigannu helicopter can easily carry 30 fully armed U.S. troops.

But here in Africa, there is no need to be so particular. If you squeeze in a squeeze, two CH47 Chigannu helicopters can transport more than 100 people at a time, and there is still no problem.

Only after it is confirmed that the soldiers have the situation in the capital under control, the CH47 Chigannu helicopter will pick up Jamei Bongo and his "security personnel" and go to Loti City. Therefore, overall, although there is a slight risk , but Jammeh’s safety can basically be guaranteed.

After adequate rest, at five o'clock in the morning, soldiers of the Colo Liberation Front and members of the special operations team embarked on two CH47 Chigannu helicopters with weapons and equipment.

The helicopter took off and began flying towards the capital's coastline a few nautical miles away.

Before this, relevant intelligence personnel had already entered Loti City and had some basic information.

According to their information, Kolo head Nassin Dema and his family were in the presidential palace that night.

This time's "coup" was considered smooth. Although there were some minor problems, there were no major omissions.

After all, the security of a small African country like Kolo, whether it is the capital or the presidential palace, cannot be said to be very strict, especially when the elite troops have already gone to the northern front line.

Nassin Dema could not have expected that the rebels in the north would cross the entire border and come to the southernmost capital to cause trouble.

This is also true. Without the resources of the Protector Military Service Company, it would be difficult for the rebels to obtain the facilities and equipment that can attack the capital from the sea...