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The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is now in a better position than before after the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) announced last weekend that it had approved the application for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) to the Trinidad-based Republic Financial Holding Limited (RFHL).<\/p>

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Last November, RFHL announced that it was seeking to acquire Scotiabank operations in Guyana, St. Maarten, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The RFHL statement said that the purchase price is US$123 million, which represents US$25 million consideration for total shareholding of Scotiabank Anguilla Limited; and a premium of US$98 million over net asset value for operations in the remaining eight countries.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda and Guyana had initially expressed reservations about the proposed acquisition, with St. John\u2019s indicating that it would not be issuing a vesting order to facilitate the move.<\/p>

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The ECCB said that regarding the future of Scotiabank\u2019s operations in Antigua and Barbuda, the ECCB says discussions are ongoing.<\/p>\n

But, speaking on his privately-owned radio station, Prime Minister Browne commenting on the ECCB decision, which had been taken in collaboration with the ECCB Monetary Council \u2013comprising the finance ministers of the nine-member OECS grouping \u2013 said \u201cin the first instance, the only leverage that we had would have been not issuing the vesting order.<\/p>

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\u201cNow we are in a better position because guess what, they neither have approval from the Central bank nor would they get the vesting order. So our position is even stronger today than it was two days ago,\u201d Browne told radio listeners.<\/p>\n

Last week, following the weekly Cabinet meeting, the government said that the offer to purchase the Antigua Scotiabank assets, given that RBFH has indicated \u201cit no longer wishes to consummate that deal with Scotiabank, puts the government in a bargaining position that brings it closer to realizing its ambition for a consortium of local banks and the government to own those assets.<\/p>

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\u201cThe notion that Scotiabank would close its branch is not likely, and the vesting order appears in the legislation of every Caribbean (and other) nations because banking is unlike other businesses. The bank is the guardian of the assets of the people of the country where it is found; the bank owns very little assets of its own. The price which it commands is a premium and not the result of the asset-value that a supermarket or a laundry would control,\u201d the government said in a statement following the Cabinet meeting.<\/p>

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Browne has in the past argued that Scotiabank\u2014present in Antigua since 1961\u2014must first offer for sale its Antigua Branch assets to a consortium of local banks and the government.<\/p>\n

Browne has written to both RFHL and to Scotiabank Canada, indicating that Antigua would purchase the branch for the same amount that RFHL negotiated to pay. But Scotiabank has since replied indicating that it would either sell to RFH or close its branch. \u201c<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda has said that it would \u201cstand firm on the offer to purchase, and awaits the next step by Scotiabank Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cCabinet is persuaded that Scotiabank will eventually yield to the offer and that the benefits that will flow to Antigua and Barbuda as a result of the sale to a local consortium will be enormous\u2014immediately and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Browne told radio listeners he had participated in the meeting where the ECCB had taken the decision, but added that \u2018the point was made by me that clearly Republic Bank has indicated that it is no longer interested in the Antigua operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo on that basis that matter was not properly before the Central Bank. It meant therefore that the Central Bank could not give any such authority for the acquisition of the Antigua branch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I have also indicated to them the interest of the government of Antigua and Barbuda for there to be further consolidation of the domestic banks to include a consolidation with Scotiabank branch here in Antigua. And I would have explained to them that our banks are just too small. They are not bankable for correspondent banking relations because they are all under one billion US dollars,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n

In its statement, the ECCB said undertook a review of the proposed transaction to assess the RFHL\u2019s Strategic Plan 2018-2020;the financial condition of RFHL to support the operations of the acquired banking business of BNS, as well as all of RFHL\u2019s subsidiaries; the implications for the stability of the ECCU banking system; and the technical\/human resource capacity of RFHL to effectively govern its subsidiaries across multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

It said also, in completing its assessment, the ECCB consulted with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT), RFHL\u2019s home regulator.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe approval granted to the RFHL is subject to the condition that RFHL will be required to make a stake of its ECCU operations available to the people of the ECCU through approved ECCU entities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is now in a better position than before after the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) announced last weekend that it had approved the application for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) to the Trinidad-based Republic Financial Holding Limited (RFHL). 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