Abbey exit leaves UK banks with smaller targets
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HBOS&#39;s decision not to bid for rival Abbey Nationalleaves just smaller targets for large British banks to buy in the UK, bankers and analysts say.
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Spanish Bank Santander Central Hispano intends to cut about 3,000 jobs at Britain&#39;s Abbey National if its proposed acquisition of the British bank is completed.
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London equities fell on Tuesday, ending a four-sesison rally as banking stocks handed back a portion of their gains during their recent strong run.
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The Financial Services Authority has cleared Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's Â£9bn takeover of Abbey National.
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Business & money: Wall Street's biggest investment banks facing at least $10bn (Â£5.1bn) of fresh write-downs
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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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The outlook for small UK firms has worsened in recent months, a survey from Bank of Scotland suggests.
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Private investors have pulled billions of pounds out of some of the UK's best-known mutual funds in recent months, in a sign of jitters about the downturn in markets and the economy.
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The big money has its sights set on small companies.
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SCOTS workers with the Abbey bank have been warned of a major jobs purge if it is taken over by a Spanish rival. Santander Central Hispano has announced it will axe 3000 jobs if its proposed Â£8.
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HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is targeted for a shake-up by a high-profile US group of activist investors.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's   management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover  target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of  legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could  sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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LONDON Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain&#39;s biggest bank, said Thursday that it was selling as much as Â£1.26 billion of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland Group, scaling back its 16-year partnership with the British bank as it seeks to buy Abbey
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UBS, the biggest European casualty of the U.S. subprime crisis, said it was shrinking its investment banking business, cutting staff and drastically scaling down its exposure to risky investments.
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The Bank of England says the room for further rate cuts is limited as it predicts slower growth and rising inflation.
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Swiss banking titans UBS and Credit Suisse risk losing clients to smaller rivals as annual results next week reveal the heavy impact of the US subprime crisis on their balance sheets.
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Banks will be now able to borrow additional funds from the Bank of England in a move aimed at reducing the "credit squeeze".