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East & Partners

Sector: Mergers & Acquisitions

(23 March 2005 – India) Commonwealth Bank chief executive David Murray said the bank was currently exploring India with a...

(21 March 2005 – Australia) Financial services company Challenger has inked a deal with HSBC to buy the bank’s funds...

(18 March 2005 – USA) The US Federal Reserve has put the brakes on Citigroup’s expansion plans, saying the bank...

(16 March 2005 – Australia) HSBC is in discussions with Australian financial services company Challenger that could result in the...

(2 March 2005 – Europe) The sale of National Australia Bank’s two Irish businesses to Danske bank has been completed...

(11 February 2005 – Australia) Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has snapped up St George Bank’s ASSIRT business, which provides...

(4 February 2005 – Australia) ANZ has hosed down speculation that it was considering launching a takeover bid for AMP,...

(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...

(19 January 2005 – Europe) Comments in a newspaper have fuelled speculation that Dutch bank ABN AMRO is open to...

(14 January 2005 – South Korea) British bank Standard Chartered has enlarged its presence in Asia by purchasing Korea First...