AUSTRALIA - Taking the plunge
Financial services group Suncorp Metway made a splash when it agreed to purchase insurer Promina, suggesting it was conscious of being swallowed up itself. But how ripe the industry is for rationalization remains to be seen, with the intentions of the big players hard to predict. Giles Parkinson reports on the ripple effects of the mega-deal.
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