Fukuoka Financial Group (8354 JP): Imperial Waits & Measures
The 1:1.12 share exchange ratio for Fukuoka Financial Group (8354 JP) and Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP) announced on 30 October was extremely tight and...
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Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP) Integration with FFG (Finally) Approved - Ratio Undecided
J. Brian Waterhouse this weekend covered the Japan Fair Trade Commission approval of the Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP) and Fukuoka Financial Group...
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Fukuoka Financial Group (8354 JP): Southern Comfort
It has taken some 30 months of waiting, two postponements, the threat of a ‘cease and desist order’ (which would have been the first such order...
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Eighteenth Bank (8396 JP): 18th Nervous Breakdown
If a Japanese regional bank were independent, profitable, and had the leading market share for loans and deposits in its home prefecture, why would...
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FTC Decision Redraws the Battle Lines in Kyushu
The formal decision by Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) not to approve the merger of Eighteenth Bank Ltd/The (8396 JP) with Fukuoka Financial...
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