Blackstone lowers NIBC takeover bid on coronavirus uncertainty <!-- no image --> <div>U.S. private equity firm Blackstone has lowered its takeover bid for the Dutch bank NIBC by around 25%, after it said the coronavirus pandemic threatened to derail the deal altogether.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=gyIZ-BnHx5w:72mK6IEzL38:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=gyIZ-BnHx5w:72mK6IEzL38:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=gyIZ-BnHx5w:72mK6IEzL38:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=gyIZ-BnHx5w:72mK6IEzL38:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=gyIZ-BnHx5w:72mK6IEzL38:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/gyIZ-BnHx5w" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters