The move marks a significant step as governments across Europe move to unload their crisis-era bailout positions.

Lone Star Funds' bet on a struggling Portuguese bank nearly a decade ago is about to pay off handsomely, with a ...

The deal is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026, following consultations with employee representative bodies.

Attempts to merge European banks are becoming more common. Most recent deals, though, will require a major stakeholder to be ...

On Friday, Lone Star agreed to sell its 75% stake in the country’s fourth-largest lender, Novo Banco SA, to the French banking group BPCE SA in what would be the biggest euro area cross-border ...

Novo Banco spun out of the collapsed Banco Espirito Santo (BES) in 2014 after a state bailout. US investor Lone Star, which ...

France’s BPCE has agreed a 6.4 billion euros ($7.39 billion) deal to acquire Portugal's Novo Banco, including a 75% stake ...

Novo Banco’s majority shareholder, Nani Holdings, a unit of private equity firm Lone Star Funds, is selling its 75% stake, in ...

Lone Star and the French banking group BPCE agreed on the sale of Novo Banco, for €6.4 billion for 100% of the share capital.

Enity, the Swedish specialist mortgage lender and Sentia, the Norwegian construction company, both had successful listings on Friday. After volatile early trading on Nasdaq Stockholm, Enity’s shares ...

BPCE, the Paris-based mutual, is buying Novo Banco for 6.4 bln euros. The valuation looks reasonable, and Lisbon seems on ...