SNS Reaal Has Found Private Investors for Capital Boost-Report
01/30/2013| 09:39am US/Eastern
AMSTERDAM--Dutch banking and insurance company SNS Reaal NV (>> SNS REAAL) has found private investors willing to provide a capital boost of around 1.9 billion euros ($2.69 billion) in a bid to fend off nationalization, broadcaster RTLZ reported Wednesday.
SNS Reaal has reached agreement with private investors on a capital injection of EUR1.5 billion, the broadcaster reports on its website, citing sources in the financial sector. The three biggest Dutch banks by assets--ING Groep NV (>> ING Groep N.V.), Rabobank Group and ABN Amro Bank NV--are willing to invest around EUR400 million, RTLZ said.
The investment still needs approval from the European Union's antitrust regulators, RTLZ adds.
SNS Reaal, ING and ABN Amro declined to comment on the report. Rabobank wasn't immediately available for comment.
SNS Reaal on Monday confirmed that it is in talks with private investors in a bid to raise capital and avoid another unpopular government bailout.
The Utrecht-based company is struggling with heavy losses on commercial-property loans, which have squeezed its capital position and ability to repay a EUR750 million-euro government bailout received during the 2008 financial crisis.