The chief of Germany’s central bank wants bank mergers to produce robust, competitive institutions. “We need strong and robust banks so that companies can tackle and finance their future tasks,” Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel said while addressing a Commerzbank event in Frankfurt on Wednesday (Sept....
For the banks, the urge to merge may get held up by regulators — who’d formerly been using decades-old guidelines by which to judge the merits of those deals. And to steal a line from Prince (at least a bit): No one’s going to party...
Last year marked a seismic shift in financial services — as five bank failures tested the ways and means at the disposal of government and industry to prevent wider contagion. Silicon Valley Bank, of course, was the arguably the headliner, representing the second largest bank...
European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Françoise Villeroy de Galhau reportedly said Wednesday (May 29) that mergers of banks in different European countries should be no harder than those between banks in the same country. Currently, banking markets in the region are drawn along...
October 08, 2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that regulators in the U.S. and the U.K. have made it difficult for companies to go public. Speaking in a Bloomberg Television interview from London, Dimon said rising expenses from litigation and regulatory filings have contributed to the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) lagging at a […]
September 18, 2024
The chief of Germany’s central bank wants bank mergers to produce robust, competitive institutions. “We need strong and robust banks so that companies can tackle and finance their future tasks,”...
May 29, 2024
European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Françoise Villeroy de Galhau reportedly said Wednesday (May 29) that mergers of banks in different European countries should be no harder than those...
May 14, 2024
BNP Paribas CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafé reportedly expressed skepticism about the potential for a revival of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in European banking. Speaking Tuesday (May 14) at a shareholder...
