- Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) isn't the only North American fund manager looking to boost its presence in Europe, and there are a number in P-E - Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and KKR immediately come to mind - looking to get into fund management.
- Ray Soudah - chief of an M&A consultancy - thinks there's a good chance BMO will have to boost its £700M offer.
- F&C is a fat target after a couple of years of shareholder activism and management turnover - not a good thing for an asset manager, but also not damaging the brand name of a company whose history traces back to 1868.
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