07 January 2011
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FSA chairman Adair Turner may ask the government for the power to block hostile buyouts in the banking sector in a bid to prevent aggressive acquisitions from disrupting financial stability.
He told a newswire "aggressive, contested" takeovers do not allow for as much due diligence as agreed takeovers. This may be a reasonable risk in the non-banking sector but not in the financial sector,...
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