Dutch government advocate favorable to Barclays bid for ABN Amro
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well, and forecast an 18-percent rise in annual profits.
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British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.
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Progress made by Britain's Barclays  in its offer for ABN AMRO demonstrates its ability to offer the Dutch bank's shareholders "certainty and deliverability", Chief Executive John Varley said on Wednesday.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  can proceed with its $21 billion sale of U.S. subsidiary LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said on Friday, boosting the prospect Barclays  will succeed in its record takeover of ABN.
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Barclays would make a better merger candidate with ABN AMRO than a bid by a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland aimed at breaking up the Dutch bank, a Dutch newspaper quoted ABN's chief executive as saying on Saturday.
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A European banking consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland will present a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday, the chairman of ABN said on Friday.
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British bank Barclays, which has made a friendly takeover offer for Dutch group ABN Amro, has pledged to invest 20 million euros in the business department of Amsterdam university if it wins the deal, a university spokesman said on Tuesday.
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ABN AMRO stuck to its neutral stance on Sunday on competing takeover bids for the Dutch bank, saying it could not support a break-up under the financially superior RBS-led consortium's bid.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- ABN Amro's sale of its U.S. arm LaSalle to Bank of America was lawful, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled Friday _ overturning a lower court's move blocking the sale and making the $21 billion sale virtually certain to succeed.
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UK lender Barclays says it is in talks with South Africa's Absa about buying a majority stake in the bank.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO  has  received offers for its 40 percent stake in Saudi Hollandi Bank  (1040.SE), the Saudi lender's chairman, Sulaiman al-Suhaimi,  said in remarks published on Sunday.
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A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank.
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ABN AMRO , which received two  revised offers from rival bidders Barclays  and a  consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland , said on  Monday that it will evaluate both offers in &quot;a fair and  transparent manner.&quot;
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Shareholders in British bank Barclays on Friday backed a bid to acquire ABN Amro of The Netherlands after Barclays mangement assured them the deal would not be done at any price.
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South African banking group Absa said that friendly talks with prospective buyer Barclays, Britain's third largest bank, were "progressing".
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A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium will most likely buy ABN AMRO as Barclays' rival offer for the Dutch bank has little chance of matching the consortium's bid financially, ABN's chief executive told Dutch TV on Sunday.