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4 May, 2021
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Rebecca Isjwara
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. may stay on the hunt for more acquisitions to fuel growth as its small, though high-value, home market of Singapore poses limits on its ambitions of becoming a leading Asian bank, analysts say.
DBS, Southeast Asia's biggest bank by assets, has recently made substantial investments in the large and upcoming markets of Asia, including China and India. It announced on April 20 that it will acquire a 13% stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, making it the largest shareholder of the Chinese lender. In November 2020, DBS acquired ailing Indian lender Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.