Bidders line up for Abbey life funds
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Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano plans to raise an initial 1 billion pounds from the sale of closed-life books owned by Abbey National, the Sunday Times says.
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Investors are running back into mutual funds.
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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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Billionaire Richard Branson, banker Luqman Arnold and an in-house management team are set to pitch formal offers for Britain's Northern Rock Plc  on Monday, the government's deadline for bids.
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Poles lined up Sunday for a chance to buy shares in their largest bank, with volunteers using a waiting list system from communist times to impose order on the crush of interested investors on the eve of signup ...
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Spain s Santander Central Hispano plans to raise an initial 1 billion pounds from the sale of closed-life books owned by Abbey National (LSE: ANL.L - news - msgs ) , the Sunday Times says.
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A cadre of buyout shops are expected to try to raise a total of &#36;45 billion for new European funds in the next year and a half.
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STUNNED Abbey National staff will be told today that 4,500 jobs could be axed within three years if Spain - s Banco Santander emerges victorious from its bruising 8.2 billion bid battle for the UK mortgage ...
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Buyout funds Cerberus  and JC Flowers have not ruled out re-entering the race to buy ailing bank Northern Rock Plc  after Britain smoothed financing for a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
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The Marsh & McLennan Companies, the worldÂs largest insurance brokerage, will solicit bids for its Putnam Investments mutual fund unit.
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Resolution and Friends Provident, two of Britain&#39;s biggest life insurers, are heading for a merger worth 8.3 billion pounds, a newspaper said Sunday.
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Potential purchasers of Northern Rock will have until February 4 to make a bid to the government
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A preferred buyer for the National Irish and Northern banks is expected to be announced by their parent this morning. National Australia Bank is due to make an announcement to the stock exchanges in Melbourne and London.
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Business & money: Retailer Sir Philip Green has explored the sale of Arcadia's Â£700m pension fund
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The Spanish bank bidding to buy Abbey National insisted today that a rival offer from UK group HBOS would not necessarily derail its interest.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank's nearly &#36;15 billion acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.