Brussels, 04/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 28 September 2007, the European Commission authorised the proposed acquisition of the Irish banking group Depfa by the German Hypo Real Estate group, which specialises in real estate financing for businesses. Depfa is globally active, focussing on public sector financing. The investigation into the two parties' activities in infrastructure projects (public-private partnerships) revealed that the overlap in this area is limited to the UK, where Hypo...