US 巨大（な） 注目する，もくろむs Robert Fleming

By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday
Updated: 00:00 BST, 23 March 2000

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The City today slapped a price of £2.5 billion on inv estment banking and 資産 管理／経営 会社／堅い Robert Fleming.

The valuation followed 報告（する）／憶測s that US banking 巨大（な） Chase Manhattan is in 会談 to buy Flemings, one of the last remaining 独立した・無所属 投資 banks in Britain.

Chase has made no secret of its 願望（する） to 拡大する in 資産 管理／経営 and the 購入（する） of Flemings would tie in with this 目的（とする）.

Discussions have been 現在進行中の for several weeks but a final 取引，協定 is thought to be some way off. Those の近くに to the 関係者s said it may even 落ちる through.

The British 会社／堅い has £86 billion of 基金s under 管理／経営 and has 設立するd a solid 評判 in this field over many years. Flemings is also known for its Jardine Fleming Asian 投資 banking 商売／仕事 which has been 回復するing after a period of poor 業績／成果.

Flemings has repeat-edly 強調する／ストレスd its 決意 to remain 独立した・無所属 even as peers have 刻々と sold out to larger players. The 会社／堅い is 29% owned by the Fleming family and Roddy Fleming, a fourth-世代 member of the 一族／派閥, becomes chairman next month.

About 18% of the 株 are owned by Hong Kong 貿易（する）ing group Jardine Matheson and the 残り／休憩（する） of the 在庫／株 is 分裂（する） between 会・原則s and staff. 十分な-year results in May are 推定する／予想するd to be good.