BoA To Nearly Double Its Stake In CCB

Bank of America plans to purchase another 9 percent stake in the China Construction Bank, with purchases set to finish by the end of the month. BoA acquired a 10.75 percent hold in 2005, and is now exercising an option

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Bank of America plans to purchase another 9 percent stake in the China Construction Bank, with purchases set to finish by the end of the month.

BoA acquired a 10.75 percent hold in 2005, and is now exercising an option to purchase another stake that will bring its total to 19.1 percent of CCB’s issued shares.

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