NU Online News Service, Dec. 16, 2003, 11:20 p.m. EST – Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has signed a memorandum of understanding that should let it convert a minority stake in C.J. Investment & Securities Company Ltd., Seoul, into a majority stake.[@@]
Prudential wants to take operational control of C.J. Investment, and it also is discussing the possibility of buying a stake in C.J. Investment now held by the WorldBank's International Finance Corp.
Prudential obtained its stake in C.J. Investment by investing $90 million in the company in March 2001. The International Finance Corp. invested $33 million. C.J. Investment manages the equivalent of about $7 billion in assets.
