BoA Merrill sells $8.3 billion stake in CCB

The sale of China Construction Bank shares comes on the day that BoA Merrill's lockup expires and is done through a private transaction with a group of undisclosed investors.
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August 30, 2011

Despite repeated reassurances that it doesn’t need capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch last night announced that it had sold slightly more than half its stake in China Construction Bank to raise $8.3 billion.

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