German bank takeover nearer
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Bank LBBW says it has reached an agreement that clears the way for it to take over German peer Sachsen.
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Shares in Germany's Commerzbank , which has been persistently cited as a possible takeover target, jumped over 3 percent on Tuesday to near a seven-year peak on market talk that Citigroup  was likely to bid about 45 euros for the bank, traders said.
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Deustche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, said it finalised the sale of a portfolio of 109 business properties to British investment fund Eurocastle Investment for 300 million euros (211 million pounds).
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The RBS-led group seeking to buy the Dutch bank ABN Amro is given until 23 July to make a formal offer.
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LONDON -- Barclays PLC , which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in financial industry history, said yesterday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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Commerzbank , which has been  persistently cited as a possible takeover target, jumped 2.2  percent to 37.8 euros, its highest in nearly seven years on  market talk Citigroup  was likely to bid about 45 euros  for the bank.
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Barclays PLC, which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in the financial industry's history, said Monday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.
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Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), the state owned bank that the German government uses as a vehicle for privatisation, is selling via the open market a stake of around seven percent in telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom.
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Deutsche Bank has become the latest big bank to snap up an independent private bank in Germany, with the planned purchase of Wilhelm von Finck for an estimated â¬20m ($27.2m).
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South Africa's biggest retail bank says it is close to announcing a deal for Barclays to take a majority stake in its business.
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Banco Santander is making an attempt to seize back the initiative in its Â£8.3bn takeover of Abbey National, speeding up its bid timetable while rival bidders continue to circle the UK bank.
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Germany's Deutsche Boerse is reported to be ready to make a revised offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) valuing it at 1.5b. Deutsche Boerse is said to be planning to seize control quickly in an attempt to ...
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The Office of Fair Trading has set the clock ticking on the process that could see the Barclay brothers&#39; deal to buy the Daily Telegraph reviewed by competition watchdogs.
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Deutsche Bank, the biggest bank in Germany, is interested in buying Abbey Life -- the direct insurance unit of Lloyds TBS estimated to be worth 1.38 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) -- the Financial Times Deutschland reported Monday.
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British bank Barclays  is confident of winning the takeover battle for ABN AMRO  and expects the Dutch bank's contested sale of its U.S. business to be allowed, its president said on Friday.
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The European financial market operator Euronext appears to be edging ahead in the battle with Deutsche Boerse of Germany to acquire the London Stock Exchange (LSE) because of a more appealing offer on fees, financial sources said.
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A European banking consortium, led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, said on Friday that it would reveal next Tuesday whether it would launch a formal takeover bid for Dutch giant ABN Amro.