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Entries tagged "Fortis"

A look back

In which we reappraise Deals of the Year from a very different time. How bad was the ABN-Amro deal?

Gnarly nationalization

The U.K. took control of Royal Bank of Scotland barely a year after it led the world's most expensive financial services takeover.

Belgian waffle

Belgium's government has gone back and forth on Fortis' fate. Shareholders are steaming and lawyers are busy.

Three strikes

BNP escaped the subprime fallout but not a Fortis fight or investment banking losses, and then along came Madoff.

Parisian views

The financial crisis has hit France hard, but the response, shaped by national differences, only superficially resembles that of the U.S.

Fast fall

One minute there was a thriving retail sector and the next, disaster stalked the U.K.'s Main Street.

Follow the fleet?

U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown wants the world to know he has learned from the mistakes of others. Now he wants other leaders to learn from his successes.

Bredin Prat sings 'La Marseillaise'

On a merger, Bredin's Patrick Dziewolski and Emmanuel Masset are representing Banque Populaire.

Separation anxiety

EU leaders cannot agree on a coordinated response to the crisis. It's one market, but many political wills.

Risk arb update: BCE

Mars-Wrigley was financed and closed despite bank turmoil. But what will happen to BCE?

Risk arb update

September returns are not expected to look pretty and some arbs are worried about investor redemptions.

Cleary helps Barclays pick over Lehman assets

Barclays' Robert Diamond worked the Lehman deals from New York.

No M&A fanatic, for Cryan out loud

With John Cryan's elevation to CFO at UBS, and the firm's reorganization, talk abounded it was headed for a breakup. But he's no M&A proponent, he says.