Citigroup Inc.; Market Cap (as of 06/03/2015): $160.98bn Springleaf Holdings Inc.; Market Cap (as of 06/03/2015): $5.58bn Introduction On March 3, 2015, Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LEAF), a leading personal finance company focused on consumer lending, credit insurance and other credit relating products, entered into a definitive agreement with Citigroup Inc. Read more…
Citigroup Inc.; Market Cap (as of 06/03/2015): $160.98bn Springleaf Holdings Inc.; Market Cap (as of 06/03/2015): $5.58bn Introduction On March 3, 2014, Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LEAF), a leading personal finance company focused on consumer lending, credit insurance and other credit relating products, entered into a definitive agreement with Citigroup Inc. Read more…
There’s a famous saying among financiers : either stress tests are done correctly and banks fail miserably, either they are poorly done in order to make them a success. It is very likely we are in the second situation. Victor Constancio, vice-president of the ECB, declared that not only the Read more…
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) Market cap (as of 31/10/14): €3.11bn Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), Italy’s third largest lender and world’s oldest bank, has again become the center of discussion following the subpar results of European Central Bank’s stress tests released on October 26. MPS Read more…
UniCredit SpA; Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): €35.45bn Santander SA; Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): €87.68bn On September 22, UniCredit, the largest Italian bank by assets, and Santander, the largest bank in the Eurozone by market value, are in talks to merge their asset management units to create a European Read more…