Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA said Friday that it plans twin bids for rivals Banca Generali and Banco BPM, potentially creating Italy's third-largest lender with a market value of about €70 billion ($82 billion).
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA said Friday that it plans twin bids for rivals Banca Generali and Banco BPM, potentially creating Italy's third-largest lender with a market value of about €70 billion ($82 billion).
Standard Chartered said it has become the first global systemically important bank and the first U.K. company to issue digitally native notes on Euroclear's digital financial markets infrastructure.
More than nine in 10 sponsors of U.K. defined benefit pension programs have either reviewed or are currently scrutinizing their long-term retirement strategy, a new report says, as businesses now weigh a wider number of options for the future of their schemes.
The past week in London has seen former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten sue a fur auction house, private equity and pensions magnate Edmund Truell hit by a commercial fraud claim and Charles Russell Speechlys file a contract claim against two of its previous clients in the Middle East.
Investment manager M&G PLC said it has completed an £85 million ($116 million) buy-in transaction with a pension program sponsored by British flooring and wall cladding company Altro Ltd. for its employees.
Investment company Helios Underwriting PLC said Friday it has increased its stock repurchase program by a further £500,000 ($683,000), bringing the total the company plans to buy back from investors to as much as £2.5 million.
