Guoco Group: version 1
Saved 2026-09-23 18:47 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled both queue items. Removed the closing research-narration sentence from About (flag by review-917f4b) and rewrote the ownership paragraph. Added a Relations section: owned_by company/rank-asset. This is the current version.
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# Guoco Group <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Guoco Group
summary: Hong Kong-listed investment holding company of the Hong Leong Group, incorporated in Bermuda, and controlling shareholder of The Rank Group Plc.
legal_name: Guoco Group Limited
registered_address: Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
wikidata: Q5619652
country: BM
website: https://www.guoco.com/
register_ids: LEI:3OIHUMDMI0Z4XVPQ8V78
founded: 1990-05-25
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/guoline-overseas | | | | | verified | ^guoco-ar25 | GuoLine Overseas Limited held 71.88% at 30 June 2025 and is named the parent company in note 44 |
| parent_org | company/guoline-capital-assets | | | | | verified | ^guoco-ar25 | Ultimate holding company per note 44; The Rank Group's 2026 report agrees |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Guoco Group Limited | legal | en | | |
| 國浩集團有限公司 | name | zh | | |
| Guoco | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------ | -------- |
| gleif-guoco | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/3OIHUMDMI0Z4XVPQ8V78 | GLEIF LEI record 3OIHUMDMI0Z4XVPQ8V78: GUOCO GROUP LIMITED | 2026-09-23 | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation | registry | | 3OIHUMDMI0Z4XVPQ8V78 | Legal name, legal address, jurisdiction BM, registeredAs 15590, creation date 1990-05-25 | cc0 | GLEIF | |
| wiki-guoco | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guoco_Group | Wikipedia: Guoco Group | 2026-09-23 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead: SEHK 53, principal activities, part of the Hong Leong Group, incorporated in Bermuda, headquartered in Hong Kong | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| rank-ar26 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2026/09/The-Rank-Group-Plc-2026-Annual-Report-and-Accounts.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2026 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | 2026 | | Incorporation and registered office; substantial shareholdings; immediate and ultimate parent undertakings | | | |
| guoco-ar25 | https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/guoco/annual/ar325914-ew0053_ar.pdf | Guoco Group Limited Annual Report 2025 | 2026-09-23 | Guoco Group Limited | publication | 2025 | | Report of the directors: substantial shareholders and notes; note 44, parent and ultimate holding company; principal subsidiaries, including Rank Assets Limited and The Rank Group Plc | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Guoco Group Limited is an investment holding company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under code 53, incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in Hong Kong, and part of the Malaysian Hong Leong Group; its subsidiaries and associates work in investment and treasury management, property development and investment, broking, insurance, fund management, and banking and finance.[^wiki-guoco] It is the controlling shareholder of The Rank Group Plc, which it holds through its wholly owned Cayman Islands subsidiary Rank Assets Limited, with 56.15% of Rank's voting rights at 30 June 2026.[^rank-ar26] GLEIF records it under LEI 3OIHUMDMI0Z4XVPQ8V78 with Bermuda registration number 15590, created on 25 May 1990.[^gleif-guoco]
Its report for the year to 30 June 2025 names GuoLine Overseas Limited, incorporated in Bermuda, as its parent company and GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, incorporated in Jersey, as its ultimate holding company. GuoLine Overseas held 71.88% of Guoco's shares and is wholly owned by GuoLine Capital Assets, which is 49.11% owned by Quek Leng Chan, whom the report treats as a controlling shareholder of GuoLine Capital Assets and of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad; Hong Leong Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. holds a further 34.49%. GuoLine (Singapore) Pte Ltd held cash-settled derivatives over another 12.24%.[^guoco-ar25]
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