Singapore’s GIC buys into Yoma Bank, adding to Myanmar deals


SINGAPORE: Singapore’s sovereign wealth firm GIC Pte Ltd has bought a substantial stake in Myanmar’s Yoma Bank Ltd as the country seeks to attract more foreign capital from across the region.

Yoma Bank is one of Myanmar’s largest lenders and was founded by local tycoon Serge Pun in 1993. As part of the latest funding round, GIC and Norway’s Norfund AS would buy about 30% of the business for 130 billion kyat (US$88.7mil), Yoma Bank said in response to questions from Bloomberg.

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