Financial services group SNS Reaal to be nationalised

Financial services group SNS Reaal, in trouble because of heavy losses at its Property Finance division, is to be nationalised, the finance ministry said on Friday.

The decision has been taken in connection with the ‘stability of the financial system’, finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in a statement.

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