Saudi’s Alawwal Bank picks JPMorgan to advise on merger

30/05/2017 02:26 AST

Saudi Arabian lender Alawwal Bank, 40 per cent owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, has picked JPMorgan to advise it on a proposed merger with Saudi British Bank (SABB), sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Senior management of SABB and Alawwal held talks with advisers on Sunday to discuss the principle of the merger and time frame for its completion, one of the sources said.

SABB has selected another, undisclosed adviser for the transaction, the sources added. Nobody was available to comment at Alawwal, while SABB and JPMorgan declined to comment.

SABB and Alawwal said on April 25 they had agreed to start talks on a merger that could create the kingdom’s third biggest bank with assets of nearly $80 billion. British banks are the biggest shareholders in both lenders.

RBS acquired a 40 per cent stake in Alawwal when it bought ABN AMRO in 2007. RBS has been trying sell the stake for a number of years as it retreats from international operations. HSBC Holdings owns 40 per cent of SABB, which is the kingdom’s sixth largest bank by assets. Although the time frame for the merger has yet to be agreed, one of the sources said the accounts of the two banks could be consolidated by the end of 2017, but the merger would take longer.


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