Sale of NAB’s Irish banks finalised
(2 March 2005 – Europe) The sale of National Australia Bank’s two Irish businesses to Danske bank has been completed following the green light from the regulator.NAB sold […]
(2 March 2005 – Europe) The sale of National Australia Bank’s two Irish businesses to Danske bank has been completed following the green light from the regulator.NAB sold […]
(11 February 2005 – Australia) Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has snapped up St George Bank’s ASSIRT business, which provides data and information for the managed funds industry.St […]
(4 February 2005 – Australia) ANZ has hosed down speculation that it was considering launching a takeover bid for AMP, rumours that pushed up the latter’s share price […]
(20 January 2005 – USA) JPMorgan Chase’s fourth quarter income dropped by 10.5 percent to US$1.7 billion compared with US$1.9 billion 12 months earlier.The bank, which is the […]
(19 January 2005 – Europe) Comments in a newspaper have fuelled speculation that Dutch bank ABN AMRO is open to the idea of merging with another bank of […]
(14 January 2005 – South Korea) British bank Standard Chartered has enlarged its presence in Asia by purchasing Korea First Bank for US$3.3 billion.Standard Chartered reportedly outbid rival […]
(7 December 2004 – Indonesia) Indonesia’s finance minister has announced the government will sell a 20 percent stake in Bank Permata this week in order to shore up […]
(6 December 2004 – Singapore) Overseas Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) is set to take a controlling stake in Indonesia’s Bank NISP.OCBC subsidiary OCBC Overseas Investments has inked a […]
(23 November 2004 – China) The China Banking Regulatory Commission has given Commonwealth Bank the green light to take an 11 percent stake in Jinan City Commercial Bank […]
(16 November 2004 – South Korea) HSBC is reportedly close to acquiring Korea First Bank for about US$3.2 billion.HSBC is negotiating to buy the 49 percent of the […]