Liang is an MBA from the University of Toronto, Canada. From 1980, I worked in the famous Doddoli company for five years. 1985, Liang was transferred to Citibank to work in Global International. 1In September, 1988, Liang left Wanguobaotong to establish Baifuqin Financing Company. Under the leadership of Liang, Baifuqin acquired the old-fashioned real estate enterprise Guangsheng in Hong Kong more than half a year after its establishment, and then merged Taisheng Development and Chiayi Securities, which started the process of rapid development. Among them, the acquisition of Taisheng became an important step in the development history of Baifuqin.
Taisheng used to be a real estate company, so it has always owned property and rental income. Founded in 1972, it gradually began to invest in securities during the low tide of real estate in the following years. In 1980s, under the leadership of Chik Kau, a famous stock expert and chairman, Taisheng became famous in Hong Kong. In the course of its development, Taisheng suffered several rare stock market crashes. However, due to Xiang Shuai's good leadership, Taisheng not only survived successfully, but also continued to grow and develop. For example, after the stock market crash of 1987, the Hang Seng Index fell by 16%, while Taisheng's profit increased by 1 many times, reaching 65438. However, in the 1990s, Chik Kau looked down on the stock market and deliberately withdrew from the Jianghu, so he had the idea of selling Taisheng for development. This opportunity is a godsend for Liang who is optimistic about the future of Hong Kong stocks. Therefore, people joke that the white acquisition of Taisheng is really like a hot pancake.
1On February 28th, 990, Baifuqin reached an agreement with Chik Kau, the chairman of Taisheng Development, and his family to purchase over 100000 shares of Taisheng with a par value of 0. 10 at HK$ 2.5 per share. The price rose by 5.3% compared with the previous day's closing price, valued at HK$ 478 million, accounting for 34.9% of Taisheng's issued shares. Chik Kau resigned as chairman and general manager of Taisheng. Du Huilian, chairman of Baifuqin, took over as chairman, and Dong Shiliang became managing director of Taisheng.
At that time, the Hong Kong version of "Stock Classic" reported that it had finally withdrawn from the stock market, and the new successor was a rising star. This transaction is like the alternation of the top people, old and young, no wonder it attracts special attention. And highly praised both sides of the acquisition. The number one figure of the older generation here refers to Chik Kau. The first person in the new generation is Liang of Baifuqin.
After the acquisition,1May 23, 1990, Taisheng acquired Baifuqin Finance and Baifuqin Securities from its ultimate holding parent company, Baifuqin International, for HK$ 260 million, thus realizing the backdoor listing process of Baifuqin. At this time, after the completion of the acquisition, Taisheng changed its name to Baifuqin Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.
After Taisheng was reorganized into Baifuqin Investment, Liang reorganized the holding relationship of the companies in the group in April 199 1. Mainly to reverse the parent-child holding relationship between Guangsheng and Baifuqin Investment. The original relationship was the ultimate holding of the parent company, Baifuqin International, with 34.9% equity in its subsidiary and 34.9% equity in Sun Company. At present, Baifuqin Investment purchased 34.9% equity of Guangsheng Bank from its parent company Baifuqin International for HK$ 342 million, and Baifuqin International purchased 34.9% equity of Baifuqin Investment from Guangsheng Bank for HK$ 508 million. In addition, after the reorganization, Guangsheng Bank will purchase 40% equity of Laguna City Shopping Center from Baifuqin and wholly own it. In this way, the holding relationship between the two listed companies controlled by the parent company Baifuqin International becomes the direct control of the subsidiary company Baifuqin Investment, and Sun Company is widely controlled by Baifuqin Investment. Subsidiaries focus on financial investment business and become financial stocks, while Sun Company focuses on property investment business and becomes real estate stocks, with clear vision, clear structure and smooth relationship, each with its own strengths.
After the successful investment restructuring, Baifuqin sold most of Taisheng's original investment properties to Cheung Kong to increase its working capital, and cooperated with Guangsheng Bank to purchase Ligangcheng Shopping Mall from Cheung Kong, which was wholly owned by Guangsheng Bank. At the same time, actively develop new foreign exchange futures and commodity services, pursue a direct investment policy, and invest in companies, property development projects and special investment opportunities with good development potential and prospects in the Asia-Pacific region as long-term holdings. In this way, Baifuqin provides comprehensive financial services as both a direct investor and a financial consultant; At the same time, because the company's customers include all walks of life, it can also serve as a needle between different customers, allowing customers to cooperate with investment companies and help them develop their business. In particular, Baifuqin established the image of "acquisition expert" in the market, so he tried his best to play his expertise in planning acquisition services and served as a financial consultant for listed companies. Through the relationship of Chinese shareholders, it has maintained good relations with mainland state-owned enterprises and Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong, and served as financial consultants and provided services for their acquisitions, listings and financing, which is extremely active.
After the acquisition of Taisheng by Baifuqin, its strength increased greatly. During the year of 1990, there were 35 transactions as consultants or lead underwriters and joint underwriters, including 8 corporate acquisitions with a total value of1200 million Hong Kong dollars. 199 1, peregrine's acquisition of chiayi securities is even more powerful. 1992, Baifuqin Group arranged a public offering for 1 1 companies, underwriting 12 new shares and 16 rights issue, totaling1900 million Hong Kong dollars, and invested/kloc-0 in six countries and regions. 65438+1In the first half of 1993, Baifuqin participated in financial activities and raised11800 million Hong Kong dollars, and provided financial consultants for four mergers and acquisitions, and arranged for Guangzhou Shipyard International to raise 302 million Hong Kong dollars and Shanghai Petrochemical to raise 2.654 billion Hong Kong dollars. In August, it also arranged four listings and raised HK$ 5.885 billion through eight rights issues and three investments. More famous are several big acquisitions of CITIC Pacific, which are also masterpieces of Baifuqin and Liang. In the first half of 1993 alone, Baifuqin Group made another profit of HK$ 38 10/00,000, up by 14.7% year-on-year, and the turnover rate was 30.55%, an increase of 59.2%.
Liang is optimistic about Hong Kong's economy after the return to China in 1997, so when many people are not optimistic about the Hong Kong stock market, he dares to invest in the securities industry. Looking back now, from 1993, when Hong Kong stocks reached 4,000 points for the first time, 1994 broke through 6,000 points in a row, reaching 10,000 points, which was bullish and broke the historical record at 1997, and now it has jumped above14,000 points. The role of other factors is completely overshadowed by economic factors, which also confirms Liang's unique vision. There are different opinions about who is wiser, the rising star Liang or Xiang Shuai.