Dutch government set to recommend ABN Amro privatisation

The Dutch government is set to recommend on Friday that ABN Amro bank return to private hands via a stock market listing -- seven years after it was nationalised during the 2008 financial crisis. Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will discuss the matter at a cabinet meeting and then send a letter to lawmakers detailing the plans for ABN, which parliament must then debate and approve. ABN's listing could be the largest listing ever in Amsterdam -- last week the bank reported a book value of 15