…AUSTRALIA - Westpac Banking Corp (WB) merged with St George Bank Ltd (SG), in a stock swap transaction valued at ##.### bil Australian dollars ($##.### bil US). WB offered #.## ordinary shares per SG share. Based on WB…

…AUSTRALIA - BankSA, a wholly-owned unit of St George Bank Ltd, divested its twelve branches to an undisclosed acquiror, for # mil Australian dollars ($#.### mil US). The transaction included Robe, McLaren Vale, Moonta, Burra, Ceduna, Woodside, Millicent, Penola…

…AUSTRALIA - BA Venture Pty Ltd agreed to acquire Scottish Pacific Business Finance Pty Ltd, a financing services provider, from St George Bank Ltd. Terms were not disclosed.…

…AUSTRALIA - Charter Hall Group acquired the building portfolio of St George Bank Ltd, for ### mil Australian dollars ($###.### mil US). The transaction included Kogarah Head Office Building, located in Sydney and Bank Sa Head Office Building, located in Adelaide.…

…AUSTRALIA - St George Bank Ltd acquired the margin lending assets of HSBC Bank Australia Ltd, a unit of HSBC Holdings PLC.…

…NEW ZEALAND - GE Money Australia & New Zealand, a unit of General Electric's GE Consumer Finance subsidiary, acquired the lending assets of Superbank, an online banking services provider and a joint venture between St George Bank Ltd and Foodstuffs New…

…AUSTRALIA - St George Bank Ltd was rumored to be planning to acquire an undisclosed minority stake in Ord Minnett Ltd, a securities brokerage firm.…

…AUSTRALIA - Kaplan Equity Ltd acquired a ##% interest in Ascalon Capital Managers Ltd, a fund management services provider, from St Georges Bank Ltd, for ## mil Australian dollars ($##.### mil US).…

…AUSTRALIA - HBOS PLC was rumored to be planning to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of St George Bank Ltd.…

…AUSTRALIA - Standard & Poors Corp, a unit of McGraw-Hill Cos Inc, acquired ASSIRT Research, a financial information services provider, from St George Bank Ltd, for ## mil Australian dollars ($#.### mil US).…

…AUSTRALIA - Customers Ltd acquired the merchant ATM network of St. George Bank Ltd, for ## mil Australian dollars ($##.### mil US). The transaction included ### merchant ATM's located throughout Australia.…

…AUSTRALIA - Ascalon Capital Managers Ltd, a unit of St Geroge Bank Ltd, acquired a ##% stake in First Samuel Ltd, an investment management services provider.…

…AUSTRALIA - St. George Bank Ltd acquired a ##.##% stake, or #.### mil ordinary shares, in Macarthurcook Ltd, a property and mortgage funds management services provider, for #.## mil Australian dollars ($#.### mil US) in cash, in…

…AUSTRALIA - Midstreet Technology Pty Ltd acquired WealthPoint Ltd, a software developer, from St George Bank Ltd. Terms were not disclosed.…

…AUSTRALIA - A management-led investor group, including Assirt Equities Research's (AE) founder, Peter Leodaritsis, planned to acquire AE, a financial information services provider, from St George Bank Ltd, for an estimated ## mil Australian dollars ($#.### mil US…

…AUSTRALIA - St George Bank Ltd acquired the remaining ##.#%, or ##.### mil ordinary shares, that it did not already own, in WealthPoint Ltd, a provider of prepackaged software services, for .# Australian dollars ($.### US) per ordinary share…

…AUSTRALIA - St. George Bank Ltd acquired the margin lending unit of Deutsche Bank Australia, a unit of Deutsche Bank AG, for ### mil Australian dollars ($###.## mil US) in the assumption of debt.…

…AUSTRALIA - St. George Bank withdrew its plans to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of Bank of Western Australia, a commercial bank, from Bank of Scotland.…

…AUSTRALIA - Deutsche Bank Securities Corp, a unit of Deutsche Bank AG, acquired a #.###% stake, or ## mil ordinary shares, in St George Bank Ltd, from ANZ Banking Group Ltd, for ##.## Australian dollars ($#.### US) per…

…AUSTRALIA - St George Bank Ltd (SGB) acquired a #% stake in Virtual Communities Pty Ltd (VC), a wholesaler of computers and an Internet service provider, for ## mil Australian dollars ($#.### mil US). Concurrently, SGB was granted the option…