State Street to buy Investors Financial Services
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State Street Corp.  said on Monday it would acquire Investors Financial Services Corp.  for about $4.5 billion in stock.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.
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Firm is in hot seat for selling subprime securities to a Massachusetts city.
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Financial services company State Street Corp. (STT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell more than Wall Street had expected as foreign
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One of the largest financial institutions in Texas has drawn the attention of a New York banking giant. Bryan-based First American Bank SSB will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup Inc.
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Tishman has joined with Lehman Brothers to buy Archstone-Smith Trust, the second-largest public apartment owner in terms of market cap and asset value, for $13.5 billion.
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Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers are near a deal to buy Archstone-Smith Trust for more than $20 billion.
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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  are close to a deal to acquire real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust , according to the online edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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State Street shares rise, despite the money manager taking a $279m charge for sub-prime mortgage losses.
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State Street Corp  said on Thursday that it expected to report strong quarterly operating earnings, which overshadowed news of a $279 million charge for subprime mortgage-related bets and sent the company's shares up more than 7 percent.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N the world's  largest financial services company, said on Monday it will  acquire Texas-based First American Bank.
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The Harris Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of the Bank of Montreal, agreed to buy First National Bank & Trust of Indiana for $290 million. First National has $1.3 billion in assets, $920 million in deposits and more than $500 million in trust assets. It has 32 branches in Indianapolis and nearby areas, and provides banking, trust, investment and insurance services. Harris already has 200 branches in the Chicago area and considers Indianapolis an attractive market for its small- and midmarket business banking capabilities, according to Ellen Costello, who became chief executive of Harris on Aug. 1.
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BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded US mutual-fund company, agreed to buy the investment unit of Quellos Group LLC for as much as $1.7 billion, more than doubling its hedge-fund assets.
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Swiss banking giant UBS AG announced yesterday that it would buy the capital markets division of discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp.
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State Street Corp  said on Thursday it will take a $279 million fourth-quarter charge after making bad bets on subprime mortgages and other debt, and said it replaced its investment management chief.