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Or the threat may have come from another predator: Bayerische Vereinsbank sought a merger with a Bavarian rival, Hypobank, because its management was scared of being gobbled up by Deutsche Bank.
ECONOMIST: How mergers go wrong
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Mr Kohlhaussen has a tendency to balk at headline-grabbing deals, even at the last minute: in 1996, he pulled out of a merger with Bayerische Vereinsbank (now HypoVereinsbank) days before it was due to be announced.
ECONOMIST: German banks
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Take the big German banks: Deutsche, Dresdner, Commerzbank, and Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank.
ECONOMIST: Fund management