Seoul-based KB Financial Group Inc. has selected Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) to arrange its $2 billion share sale, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing five people familiar with the matter.
According to the report, KB Financial canceled previous agreements with Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Citigroup Inc. (C), Credit Suisse (CS) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), amid a dispute over fees. Firms including Bank of America reportedly pulled out after KB Financial refused to increase fees from 0.6% of the capital raised, about one-fourth of average commissions for underwriting rights offerings.
Samsung Securities Co. and Korea Investment & Securities Co. were also hired to help manage the offering, the report said.
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