After 25 years of building Value Partners into one of Asia’s largest independent asset managers, Cheah Cheng Hye was tempted to end his investment career last year.
Value Partners, which manages assets of $18bn, received a takeover bid 13 months ago from HNA, the acquisitive conglomerate that began as an airline on the holiday island of Hainan and became one of China’s most prolific dealmakers.
A deal would have given Mr Cheah and Yeh V-Nee, his co-founder, a convenient exit but in January the talks ended by mutual agreement.
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