The acquisition was, in part, made possible by COVID-19, the Kina Securities boss says.
"Back in 2018, when we were talking to Westpac, they just wanted us to pay the full price.
TWO years after he first contemplated buying Westpac’s Papua New Guinea business, Greg Pawson got the deal over the line — on better terms and with the addition of the big four bank’s Fijian operations, writes Cliona O’Dowd in The Australian.
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