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RegulationsDecember 2 2000

Will they be happy?

The Banker asked a panel of experts to rate this year’s banking mergers. They gave top marks to Barclays/Woolwich but were highly negative on Dresdner/Wasserstein Perella, reports Charles Piggott.
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The list of this year’s newly weds is as long as ever and contains some of banking’s premier names.

Driven by fears of being left behind in the latest consolidation phase, chief executive officers have put all their energies into doing deals both within and across sectors and borders.

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