Postal Savings Bank of China may be world's biggest IPO next year
Article continues below
PSBC was established in 2007 and now has $1 trillion in assets.
The offering would seek to raise up to $25 billion, an amount which if secured, would tie Alibaba's BABA, -0.91% New York IPO last year as the largest ever worldwide.
PSBC also plans to bring in strategic investors by the end of this June to raise $6 billion through the sale of about 15% of total equity, the report said. However, the report didn't indicate on which stock market PSBC would
The prospective investors include Alibaba-affiliated Zhejiang Ant Small & Micro Financial Services Group, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group ANZ,, and Singapore sovereign-wealth fund Temasek Holdings, the Financial Times said.
Also listed in the report as possible cornerstone investors were U.S. private-equity groups such as Blackstone Group, KKR & Co., and Warburg Pincus, as well as Chinese investment funds including Citic Capital and Hopu Investment Management.
PSBC was established in 2007 and now ranks as the sixth largest bank in the country, with 6.3 trillion yuan ($1 trillion) assets as of 2014.
The bank boasts a strong rural reach, with more than 40,000 branches throughout China, the most among any Chinese bank, PSBC President Lü Jiajin said in an interview with the state-run Central Television last month. ■