Istrobanka tender moves forward

Six interested parties were given permission to move to the second round of a tender for state bank Istrobanka, five of whom decided to continue – the Austrian Bawag, Volksbank and Bank Austria, the Italian Unicredito and the French Societe Generale. The American Citibank dropped out of the hunt.

Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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