Matthew Lynn

The real driving force in the battle for ABN

Matthew Lynn says that power in the financial world has shifted to little-known hedge funds like the one that turned ABN Amro into a takeover target for Barclays and RBS

issue 12 May 2007
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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a financial columnist and author of ‘Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis’ and ‘The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031’

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