Belgian banking and insurance group KBC plans to a list minority stake of its Czech subsidiary CSOB on the Warsaw and Prague stock exchanges in 2011, Reuters reported citing three market sources. The move follows a requsts of the European Commission to sell part of the bank in order to get EU rescue funds of EUR 7bn. The Belgian financial group has not commented on the issue. As we have reported earlier, KBC initially planned to float 30-40% of CSOB shares. Experts believe that the IPO could take place in Q2 of 2011, following the announcement of 2010 results. CSOB posted a consolidated net profit of CZK 10.2bn (EUR 402.6mn) in Jan-Sep, up by 11.6% y/y. |
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Social Democrats (CDDS), the major Czech opposition party, proposed next year's general and European elections to be held on the same day, CTK news agency reported. CSSD leader Bohuslav Sobotka ... more
The Czech unit of UK retailer Tesco faces a fine of up to CZK 3mn (EUR 116,000) for selling beef lasagne containing undeclared horsemeat, Radio Prague reported. The state-run Agricultural and Food ... more
The upper house of the Czech parliament, the Senate, voted on March 20 a constitutional amendment to limit the immunity of lawmakers and constitutional judges, Radio Prague reported. Out of the ... more