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EU M&A Banking: at the Table or on the Menu

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020Editorial

Recent moves from Intesa San Paolo and La Caixa are encouraging lenders across Europe to position themselves in the M&A chessboard. Most of the European banks need to cut costs as a decade-long slump of revenue is set to continue. In this new wave of consolidation one thing is clear, if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.

Banks Risk $6 Billion Fines, Damages in Forex, Bond-Rigging Probes

February 8, 2019April 26, 2019Editorial

Banks including Credit Suisse, UBS, Barclays, Credit Agricole, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank may face more than $6 billion in fines if they are found guilty of manipulating forex rates, SSA bonds and European Government Bonds in three different EU antitrust probes. The U.K. also opened a separate probe over anticompetitive practices in the bond market.