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...KBC has shown the sort of thing we expect: more charges and transparency....
...Last year it bought Belgian insurer Fidea from KBC and acquired Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance from PAI Partners in 2011....
...He bought Belgian insurer Fidea from KBC last year....
...However, Citadel has now sold all of its 53 per cent stake, which will be distributed between BNP Paribas Securities Services, KBC Securities, Winterflood Securities and Viel & Cie, the French investment...
...His group bought insurance broker Fidea from Dutch bank KBC in October 2011....
...The remaining 40 per cent will be shared by the management and a consortium of banks including New Amsterdam Capital Partners, Landesbank, Deutsche, KBC and Natixis....
...Courtesy of a friend of FT Alphaville — presenting the Shareholder Performance Hall of Fame, from the State of the Financial Industry 2007 report: Note the (dis)honourable mentions for Wachovia and KBC....
...Nick Batram, analyst with KBC Peel Hunt, said: “Ebitda did go backwards last year and there is significant ongoing investment in infrastructure and new product areas....
...“We believe the departures reflect a strategic disagreement about the use of cost savings to protect margins short term,” said KBC Peel Hunt....
...Last month RHJ bought the Dublin asset management business of KBC, the Belgian banking and insurance group, bringing total assets under management group-wide to €10bn (£8.3bn)....
...Equiduct recently signed up KBC, the Belgian bank, as a provider of retail orders....
...John Stevenson, retail analyst at KBC Peel Hunt, said that a multiple of 10 or more could be difficult to achieve....
...- Unease in Asia: the cautionary tale of KBC Japan. - Shanghai’s Shanghaid. On FT.com, - UK inflation expectations rise sharply. - InBev higher on $46bn bid for Anheuser-Busch....
...The independent directors, advised by KBC Peel Hunt, unanimously recommended the bid, which is structured as a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement....
...Jonathan Allum, strategist at KBC Financial Products, said historically there had often been a correlation between a strong yen and a rising stock market, though that relationship had recently broken down...
...“Japan is the only market I can think of where Yahoo is ahead of Google,” said Hiroshi Kamide, analyst at KBC Securities....
...Tim Marrable, director of research at KBC Securities and a barrister, said Bull-Dog’s anti-takeover defence was “an absolutely unique scheme” yet to be tested by higher courts....
...A new ball game KBC Peel Hunt’s football tournament for brokers, featured here on Tuesday, was rather sniffily received by one correspondent....
...Belgian bank KBC was up 4.1 per cent to €67.20 after reporting a 91 per cent increase in net profit thanks to lower operating costs and income from commissions....
...at KBC Peel Hunt, points out, it is getting harder to find growth....
...Biotec is a leader in starch technologies and Steve Medlicott of KBC Peel Hunt welcomed the deal as a logical step which will strengthen Stanelco’s range of alternative packaging materials....
...KBC, the Belgian bank currently in the process of acquiring its biggest shareholder Almanij, delivered a solid performance, its shares climbing 2 per cent to €63.05, after UBS upgraded the stock to “buy”...
...KBC shares added 1.7 per cent €59.50....
...Goals Soccer Centres, the five-a-side football centre operator, kicked off on its first day of trading on AIM after its broker KBC Peel Hunt placed 21.4m shares at 62p to raise £12m....
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