Austria: on the last day of calls for tender for the privatization of PBK - POSTSPARKASSE, the Austrian savings post office bank and the country's last State-owned bank, on 2 August, two candidates remained. These were local financial players associated with German partners, BANQUE POUR LE TRAVAIL ET L'ECONOMIE, backed by the German insurer ALLIANZ, and VOLKSBANKEN, associated with the German insurance firm ERGO. DEUTSCHE POSTBANK, whose offer stood at some 1.2 bn euro and the Austrian bank...