Malaysia Utama "Not Aware" of Scotiabank Bid for RHB

Kuala Lumpur -(Dow Jones)- Malaysia's Utama Banking Group Bhd. Monday said it is unaware of any plan by Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia to bid for financial services group Rashid Hussain Bhd."Utama Banking wishes to inform that it is not aware of Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia's plans to bid for financial group Rashid Hussain, or its plan to offer MYR2.30 and MYR2.50 a share for Utama's stake in RHB,"