Indonesia to slice more off Bank Permata
(8 November 2004 – Indonesia) The Indonesian government aims to sell another chunk of Bank Permata, just two months after Standard Chartered bought a 51 percent controlling stake […]
(8 November 2004 – Indonesia) The Indonesian government aims to sell another chunk of Bank Permata, just two months after Standard Chartered bought a 51 percent controlling stake […]
(2 November 2004 – Europe) Speculation is brewing that major British banks Lloyds TSB and HBOS are lining up bids for National Australia Bank’s Irish operations.London and Dublin […]
(19 October 2004 – Australia) David Liddy left Westpac to become managing director of Bank of Queensland in 2001. Since then the bank has doubled its profit, market […]
(19 October 2004 – UK) After months of speculation, shareholders at British bank Abbey have approved the ₤8.9 billion sale to Spain’s Santander Central Hispano.Over the past few […]
(28 September 2004 – Australia) Investment bank UBS will buy a three percent stake in Babcock & Brown from Germany’s HVB Group.HVB Group currently owns a 20 percent […]
(24 September 2004 – PNG) Westpac has sold the assets and liabilities of its Niue branch to Bank of South Pacific (BSP).”Bank of South Pacific will enter into […]
(17 September 2004 – Australia) Westpac chief executive Dr David Morgan has said consolidation in Australia’s banking markets has yet to “run its course” and that the bank […]
(17 September 2004 – UK) After six weeks of speculation, HBOS has scrapped plans to challenge Spain’s Banco Santander Central Hispano’s bid to purchase Abbey National.HBOS chief executive […]
(14 September 2004 – Japan) Japanese bank UFJ Holdings which has been at the centre of takeover battles over recent months has posted a half year loss of […]
(10 September 2004 – Europe) Deutsche Bank is keeping its options open as it continues examining ways to meet growth targets.The bank, which has reportedly been in merger […]