v3 Chapter 1068： Bright Foundation

Bright Fund can now be said to be one of the giants in the British capital industry.

Of course, Xia Yu refers to real assets, because many assets have been processed, so the outside world will have a lower level of awareness of Bright Fund.

But even so, Bright Fund is also one of the capital giants, and no one in Britain dares to take it lightly.

In terms of actual assets, the strength of Bright Fund is now mainly concentrated in four areas.

The first one is the investment field. This is the basic board of the Bright Fund. Relying on Xia Yu’s foresight and the strong execution of George Berkeley and others, the Bright Fund is famous in the investment field, whether it is short-term investment, long-term investment or Shorting, strength is good.

There are large sums of funds operating in three markets, including the stock market, futures market and foreign exchange market.

Futures and foreign exchange markets are basically short-term operations, with fewer representative assets, but in the stock market, there are more things that can reflect strength.

For example, in the insurance sector, Prudential Group holds a 5.1% stake in the Prudential Group, a 5.1% stake in the French Insurance Company, and a 5.1% stake in Aviva Group. These three insurance companies are ranked in the UK. Among the top three in the insurance industry, Bright Fund has one board seat.

In the energy sector, for example, the Centric Group, which operates natural gas, has a 6.5% stake, the Southern Scottish Power Company 6.2%, and the British National Grid Corporation 5.9%. These three companies are also in the United Kingdom. The power and energy giants, Bright Fund also has a board seat.

In addition, it also owns a 5.3% stake in the chemical giant Unilever, and a 6.3% stake in HSBC Holdings, the parent company of Hongkong and HSBC Bank, and all have board seats.

The influence is evident...

The second is the media field. The Bright Fund is a giant in the British media industry and even the European media industry.

In the UK, he owns the Financial Times Group and Mirror Group, and controls six major national newspapers, 53 local newspapers, 96 weekly magazines, and 123 other bimonthly and monthly magazines.

Among them, six major national newspapers "Financial Times", "Daily Telegraph", "Daily Mirror", "Sports Life", "Sunday Daily Mirror", "Sunday People's Daily", etc., have sales in each Over one million copies, accounting for 32% of national newspaper sales.

Sales of local newspapers also account for 8% of the local newspaper market in the UK.

In the field of television broadcasting in the United Kingdom, United Television Corporation, which holds 31.2%, owns 13 private television stations and 67 local radio stations; it also holds the second largest wireless broadcasting equipment manufacturing company in the United Kingdom -35.4% of Clyde Broadcasting Company.

In addition to the United Kingdom, the Mirror Group also owns 177 kinds of newspapers and magazines in the United States, Italy, and Spain, an increase of 82 kinds over the previous two years, all of which are acquired.

Particularly worth mentioning is France. The French branch of the Mirror Group is still a French film and television media giant. It owns 59 newspapers. The flagship newspaper "Ferrero" ranks first in daily sales of French newspapers, and the entire company's newspapers are distributed. The volume accounts for 28% of the country’s total.

The French branch of the Mirror Group also owns EMI, the second largest film company in France, as well as the largest cinema chain and distribution company in France, with 238 movie theaters and 269 screens.

The third field is the heavy industry field. The representative is the Rolls-Royce Motor Group. This is now the largest automobile group in the UK. With its explosive models, it is sold globally, and its strength is beyond doubt.

The fourth largest sector is the banking sector, with 84.6 percent of Standard Chartered Bank, 58.9 percent of Royal Bank of Scotland, and 22% of China Commercial Bank. , Bahrain Bank holds 20% equity.

In addition to the four major areas, there are some scattered but not small assets, such as the 15.3% equity of the Coca-Cola Company of the United States, the 13.4% equity of the Disney Company of the United States, and the 100% equity of Great Eastern Telecom of the United Kingdom. Seven-thirds of the equity, 4% of BP, the largest auction house Sotheby’s auction house and so on.

The final statistics show that the actual value of the entire Bright Fund has exceeded six billion pounds!

And considering that it controls the huge assets of Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland, the assets directly or indirectly controlled by the Bright Fund have exceeded 20 billion pounds, which is far more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In Xiangjiang, the strength of the Bright Fund is second only to the Jiuding Consortium.

In the UK, the Bright Fund can also stand the threshold of squeezing into a large consortium. It can be called the Bright Consortium, which is qualified to fight against the top old consortia in the UK.

...

After reading these materials, Xia Yu looked at his watch, and then he suddenly watched it for nearly an hour.

But these results also made him very gratified.

Unknowingly, he has already laid such a large foundation in the UK, and they are all high-quality assets with great influence and potential.

Even if his Xiangjiang Jiuding consortium is gone, relying on the Bright Fund alone will be enough to make him heirloom for a hundred years!

"George, good job, the company has developed very well under your management!"

Xia Yu praised George Berkeley.

George Berkeley said modestly: "Boss, the main thing is that you plan well. I just follow your instructions and execute normally."

Xia Yu smiled and shook his head and said, "I see your efforts and achievements in my eyes. I will give you a surprise at the end of the year!"

A look of expectation flashed in George Berkeley's eyes, and he gratefully said, "Thank you for the chairman's approval!"

After a few more conversations, Xia Yu asked George Berkeley about the situation in France.

"George, tell me about the latest situation in France."

George Berkeley pondered for a long time, and after finishing the draft, he said: "Boss, I have been collecting the market conditions of all walks of life in France according to your instructions. After so long, I have worked hard to improve ~ www.novelhall.com ~ basic We have all collected, but more inside information is temporarily not available, and the information is secretly stored in my home."

"Then the connection with Mitterrand has always been relatively close. He did not neglect his relationship with us just because he became the French president."

"According to my understanding, Mitterrand has completely controlled the cabinet and parliament, and now the Socialist Party is the dominant one. At the government level, his will and orders can be fully implemented."

"Now Mitterrand is in close contact with various families and consortia in France, and is currently exchanging interests. He hopes to obtain support from these families and consortia so that the government's policies and instructions can be effectively implemented."

"At present, it seems that the situation is more complicated."

"Mitterrand advocates that, on the basis of not eliminating private ownership, a certain degree of nationalization, planning, and autonomous management should be used to gradually reform the French economy in order to establish a'democratic' and'free' French society. Ism'."

"He now intends to strengthen the state's intervention in economic life, emphasize economic planning, and expand nationalization, which will seriously damage the interests of capitalists. Therefore, the attitudes of major French families and consortia towards Mitterrand are very complicated."

"But I talked to Mitterrand. He himself expressed confidence in the government's ability to execute, and he also intends to promote nationalization reform from the core banking industry. This is directly aimed at the lifeblood of major French consortia and families."

"As for the specific implementation, he just told me that there is no clear plan yet and it is currently under study..."

"This is the specific situation."

After speaking, George Berkeley quietly looked at Xia Yu who was in a state of thinking, waiting for his instructions.

PS: I slept for more than three hours last night and got up at 2:30 in the morning. I have been busy until the evening. I am really sorry.