Abbey suitor sells stake in RBS
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Santander, the Spanish bank bidding Â£8bn for the UK's Abbey, is selling half its stake in rival Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Dutch bank and insurer ING Group said it will sell the activities of Baring Asset Management nearly a decade after it purchased the remains of the bankrupt British bank Barings, brought down by the Nick Leeson trading scandal in 1995.
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The bank said it would sell a $5 billion stake to Chinaâs sovereign wealth fund as it posted a loss after taking a new $5.7 billion write-down related to mortgages.
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The European Commission, executive arm of the European Union, on Wednesday cleared acquisition of Britain&#39;s sixth largest bank Abbey National by Spain&#39;s largest bank Banco Santander Central Hispano.
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Abbey National today looked set for Spanish ownership after banking group HBOS declared it was no longer considering a rival bid. Here are the key dates in the long-running saga over the troubled bankâs future.
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Banking group HBoS yesterday dropped out of contention to buy its historic rival Abbey National, leaving the way clear for the Â£8.
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British Airways has sold its A$1.1 billion (431 million pounds) stake in Australia&#39;s Qantas Airways to Australian and international investors, helping push up Qantas shares by over 2 percent.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound (&#36;15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Royal Bank of Scotland  and its partners have sweetened their 71.1 billion-euro ($98 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , putting in more cash in an attempt to beat rival suitor Barclays .
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Dutch bank and insurer ING Group said Monday it will sell the activities of Baring Asset Management, nearly a decade after it purchased the remains of the bankrupt British bank Barings.
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Shareholders of Spain's largest bank, Banco Santander Central (SCH), overwhelmingly approved the 8.5-billion-pound (12.3-billion-euro, 15.3-billion-dollar) takeover of British mortgage bank Abbey National.
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Dutch bank ING, which paid Â£1 for Baring, the British investment bank brought to the brink by Nick Leeson, is to sell its remaining Baring division.
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UK shares including HBOS Plc advanced after the country&#39;s fourth-biggest bank dropped out of the running for Abbey National Plc.
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Abbey National shareholders will no longer need to fill in complex Spanish tax forms if BSCH's bid to buy the UK firm succeeds.
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British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion dollar (770 million US) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.
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Once the bid for Abbey is completed, SCH plans to offer Abbey employees 100 of the Spanish bank&#39;s shares, &quot;as a means of leveling the interests of employees at both banks,&quot; Botin said.
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LONDON, September 9 (New Ratings) - Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE) has indicated that it is selling a 2.51% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, in an attempt to seek regulatory approval to acquire UKâs Abbey National Plc.