Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The Private Banking unit of the Dutch bank ING, managing private funds, is hiring 100 private bankers on top of its current 600 private bankers. The bank intends to expand its market share in private banking, as it is a banking activity that requires little capital investment on the bank's behalf and is thus less sensitive to the current low interest rates, and is potentially profitable because of the commissions charged. This expansion of personnel is particularly pertinent as the rest of the organisation has seen significant job losses since the bank announced a reduction of 1700 employees and an additional 1075 external personnel in November 2014, which was to be spread out over the following three years. Just recently the bank announced a reduction of 300 jobs in the department servicing small and medium-sized enterprises.
Eurofound (2016), ING, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 87654, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/87654.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
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This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
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