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BBVA soars on the stock market and Sabadell plummets after the failed takeover bid.

BBVA rose 7% to €16.82 after the failed takeover bid, while Sabadell plummeted more than 6% to €3.02.

Piraeus Bank Wins Three Euromoney Awards

The awards were for: Europe’s Best Bank for Corporate Social Responsibility, Greece’s Best Bank for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), and Greece’s Best Digital Bank.

Citigroup taps Barclays, Nordea executives to head Nordic investment banking

The bankers each have nearly two decades of investment banking experience.

Intesa, UniCredit, and Rome's Strategy for Generali

Rome blocked UniCredit's acquisition of Banco BPM, backed the MPS-Mediobanca deal, and is now aiming to create a European-scale national savings hub.

Barclays' co-head of FX trading left for Citi. His juniors are doing fine

He joined from Goldman Sachs in 2020.

Europe’s ‘climate bank’ maintains green finance target, tilts towards adaptation

The new investment roadmap will double climate adaptation funding, while targeting lower energy prices and slashing red tape

UniCredit open to add Germans on board for Commerzbank deal

This proposal aims to align with the potential German contribution to the financial group's balance sheet.

KBC Group: KBC’s reaction to the Bloomberg article "Belgium’s KBC is exploring a potential deal for ABN Amro”

Currently, we are only studying a potential acquisition of the State-backed Belgian Insurance company, Ethias NV.

Credit Agricole is getting closer to BPM

Advisors appointed for the operation that would create a European-scale player

UBS shifts senior tech banker Lynch across to financial sponsors team

Sean Lynch, who joined last year from Barclays as a senior technology dealmaker, will switch across to its financial sponsors business to cover the sector

Dutch state to cut ABN Amro stake to around 20%

NLFI does retain a say on remuneration strategy and has voting rights in the appointment of both the management and supervisory boards.

The next takeover poker is about to be decided

The Spanish major bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has officially launched a hostile takeover bid for its smaller rival Sabadell, offering €14.8 billion for the competitor.

EBRD exits Bank of Cyprus

The EBRD’s stake sale will help to increase the liquidity of Bank of Cyprus shares on ATHEX.

Crédit Agricole CIB closes landmark advisory and financing for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP)

It is the largest water infrastructure scheme to be delivered in the North West with an estimated construction cost of circa £3bn.

UniCredit further converts into shares part of its synthetic position in Commerzbank also increasing its voting rights to around 26%

UniCredit reinforces its position as Commerzbank's single largest shareholder.

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