In 2005, the President of the Bank of Italy blocked the cross-border acquisition of two Italian banks for prudential … and political interference is not only a barrier to cross-border consolidation in Italy, but in other EU countries as well …

In 2005, the President of the Bank of Italy blocked the cross-border acquisition of two Italian banks for ‘prudential … reasons and formal errors’. Following these events, the EU Commission brought actions against Italy for infringement of the … strength of the supervisory review process of bank M&A. The main source of information to construct these indices is a …

Italy. While existing explanations of increased powers and discretion for elected politicians to block or shape overseas …

We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by …

Commission discussed the management of change in EU cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A). The Danske Bank/National Irish … Bank case was presented jointly by Søren Rahbek, Senior Vice President responsible for Human Resources Development at … Danske Bank, Sean McGrath, Head of Human Resources at National Irish Bank and Larry Broderick, General Secretary of Irish …