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Lina Saigol
The Real Deal: Only Altadis can stop this game of chicken
It has been 16 weeks since Altadis rejected Imperial Tobacco’s revised €47-a-share offer, and two weeks since the due diligence process ended. Yet, neither the UK tobacco group nor CVC, its rival suitor,
The Real Deal: A healthy dose of discipline
When financing deals are being postponed from Malaysia to the US, leaving investment banks holding more than $3bn on their balance sheets – as they were last week – the immediate reaction from investors is to start shouting about a credit market meltdown.
The Real Deal: Allianz should sell banks and stick to insurance
The rumour that Allianz is about to sell Dresdner Kleinwort comes around once every two years. This time, it is being taken seriously.
Insiders at Germany’s biggest insurer say it definitely wants to offload the investment bank,