Barclays to invest in UvA, if ABN bid suceeds

British bank Barclays is to inject €20m in the University of Amsterdam’s Business School – but only if it succeeds in its takeover bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro. The cash is intended to attract top economists to Amsterdam. In return part of the faculty will be renamed the Barclays Financial Center.

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