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In recent weeks, Standard & Poor's Market, Credit, and Risk Strategies (MCRS) group released its findings regarding the likelihood of U.S. companies engaging in mergers and acquisitions in Europe while also identifying possible targets
Earlier today, the European Council's Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Committee announced that it had "agreed a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on a draft directive aimed at introducing harmonised EU rules for entities engaged in the management of alternative investment funds, such as hedge funds and private equity."
Today, ABN AMRO Group announced that it would not complete the split of a majority of its assets from Royal Bank of Scotland, NV (RBS NV), a prerequisite to the Dutch government's planned merger of ABN AMRO NV with Fortis Bank SANV, until the "1st quarter of 2010" at the earliest
