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Volkswagen Bank successfully placed its EUR 1.29 billion worth Auto ABS (Asset-Backed Securities) transaction Driver 12

Securitised receivables volume amounts to around EUR 1.29 billion Braunschweig, Germany, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Volkswagen Bank GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, has today successfully placed its Auto ABS (Asset-Backed Securities) transaction, Driver 12, on the market … Read the full press release

Loughborough awarded £1.1 million as part of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Training Partnerships programme

Loughborough has been awarded more than £1.1 million as part of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP) programme. Loughborough, UK, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Previously known as Doctoral Training Grants, DTPs are allocated each year on … Read the full press release

Jefferies to distribute JB Securities equity research on companies in Sri Lanka on a co-branded basis to Jefferies’ global institutional client base

NEW YORK, LONDON, HONG KONG and COLOMBO, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Jefferies today announced that it is entering into a cooperation agreement with JB Securities (Pvt) Limited to distribute JB Securities equity research on companies in Sri Lanka on a co-branded basis … Read the full press release

French Banking Federation welcomes EP’s passage of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and regulations pertaining to the single resolution mechanism

Paris, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The French Banking Federation (FBF) is pleased to note that the European Parliament was able to pass several important bills at the last plenary session of the current parliament, prior to European elections. These passages are a … Read the full press release

Luxottica Group to hold audio webcast of its 1Q 2014 results on April 29, 2014

Milan, Italy, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Luxottica Group S.p.A. (NYSE: LUX; MTA: LUX), a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear, today announced that its 1Q 2014 results will be available via audio webcast on … Read the full press release

RBS publishes its Sustainability Review 2013

Details of how RBS has sustained its position as the UK’s number one lender to UK renewable energy projects are revealed in the 2013 Sustainability Review. Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — RBS’s Review aims to give an open and honest account of … Read the full press release

Dexia SA to hold Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting on 14 May 2014 at Arsenal, Brussels

Brussels, Paris, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting and the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Dexia SA will be held on Wednesday 14 May 2014 at 14.30 in the Arsenal, chaussée de Wavre 950, 1040 Brussels. Reception will be open … Read the full press release

Societe Generale raised its stake in Rosbank to 99.4% with 7% share acquisition from Interros group

PARIS, 16-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Societe Generale announces the acquisition of 7 % of Rosbank’s share capital from Interros group, raising its stake to 99.4 %, in line with its strategy of building up the Group’s stake in Rosbank. This transaction … Read the full press release

Enel Green Power publishes its 2013 annual financial report

Rome, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel Green Power informs that the documents listed below are available to the public at the Company’s registered office and in the relevant section of the Company website: 1) the annual financial report (including Enel Green … Read the full press release

Aviva plc to sell entire 47% stake in its South Korean business Woori Aviva Life Insurance to NongHyup Financial Group

LONDON, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva plc (“Aviva”) today announces that it has reached agreement to sell its entire 47% stake in its South Korean business Woori Aviva Life Insurance (“WALI”) to NongHyup Financial Group (“NHFG”). WALI is majority owned by … Read the full press release

Aviva UK removed troponin level requirement for heart attack claims to be paid

LONDON, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva has enhanced its heart attack definition on new critical illness policies, meaning it will now pay out on the diagnosis of a heart attack, regardless of how severe it is. This removes the requirement for … Read the full press release

Lloyds Bank Private Banking Investor Sentiment Index: Investor confidence in bonds and non-European equities shows strong growth

Sentiment towards non-European equities excluding emerging markets climbs Relative safety of bonds shows a strong sentiment increase Gold and emerging market equities are the only two asset classes to not have higher sentiment since this time last year LONDON, 15-4-2014 … Read the full press release

Bank of Scotland PMI report for March: Scotland’s private sector economy ended the opening quarter with another strong month of growth

March sees marked growth in manufacturing and service sector output Rate of job creation is solid but slower than in February Cost inflation drops to 54-month low Edinburgh, Scotland, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scotland’s private sector economy ended the opening quarter with another … Read the full press release

The Covéa group leases “Tivoli” real estate complex from Crédit Agricole Assurances for its new headquarters

Crédit Agricole Assurances, which owns the 22,000 sq.m “Tivoli” real estate complex on Rue Saint Lazare in Paris’ 9th arrondissement, is able to confirm its letting to the Covéa group. Paris, 15-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Covéa group is leasing the “Tivoli” … Read the full press release

Nestlé reports CHF 20.8 billion sales in Q1 2014, organic growth of 4.2%, real internal growth of 2.6%, full year outlook unchanged

Sales of CHF 20.8 billion, organic growth of 4.2%, real internal growth of 2.6% Growth in developed markets 0.6%, emerging markets 8.5% Full-year outlook unchanged: organic growth around 5% and improvements in margins, underlying earnings per share in constant currencies and capital … Read the full press release

ŠKODA AUTO sold 247,200 vehicles in Q1 2014, 12.1% up over the same period last year

Record quarter: ŠKODA delivers 247,200 vehicles to customers in the first three months (January to March 2013: 220,400; up 12.1%) Record March: 96,100 deliveries, up 14.6% Growth with new models; ŠKODA grows by 17% in Europe in the first quarter Western-European … Read the full press release

Allianz’s Security-Trust-Solidarity study focused on how people prepare for retirement and which factors influence the individual sense of security

Generational contract is intact though it is an additional burden for younger people Future perspective: people in Malaysia confident, Japanese most pessimistic Most young people state they do not have enough money to make precautions Munich, 14-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Money matters: … Read the full press release

A2A S.p.A. shareholders called to meet at the offices of Termoutilizzatore A2A at via Malta 25/r in Brescia, Italy on 13 June 2014

Milan, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — At the request of Shareholders City of Brescia and City of Milan, formulated for purposes of Art. 2367 of the Italian Civil Code, the Shareholders Meeting of A2A S.p.A. is hereby called to meet at the offices … Read the full press release

Lemminkäinen sells Lemcon Networks’ telecom network project management software business to Intelli Group Holdings Inc.

Helsinki, Finland, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen divests Lemcon Networks’ telecom network project management software business to Intelli Group Holdings Inc. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction price. The divested operations have been part of Lemcon Networks, which is 100% owned … Read the full press release

Cargotec Corporation to publish January-March 2014 interim report on 29 April 2014

Cargotec’s January-March 2014 interim report to be published on Tuesday, 29 April 2014 Helsinki, Finland, 10-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation will publish its January-March 2014 interim report on Tuesday, 29 April 2014 at 12:00 p.m. EEST. The report will be available at … Read the full press release