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Chinese buyer secures Swiss bank’s City HQ for £1bn

UBS 5 Broadgate

The London headquarters of UBS, the Swiss bank, has been sold to a property company founded by Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, in a £1bn deal.

British Land, the UK’s second biggest property company, and GIC, a Singaporean wealth fund, said that they had sold 5 Broadgate to a subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings.

The deal comes after both the “Walkie Talkie” and “Cheesegrater” skyscrapers were sold to Chinese buyers for more than £1 billion.

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