Wanna buy some banks

By: Aka

Based on today's market cap you could take 100% of Westpac's shareholding ($31.1B) and go on an european buying spree, buying 100% of the Royal Bank of Scotland ($11.8B), 100% of the Bank of Ireland ($0.7B), trow in Barclays Plc ($11.5B) and still have some change left over. Or you could go the US way and buy the Citigroup Inc ($18.9B) (this was the largest global company in '07) and half of Morgan Stanley ($11.3B), your choice.