Reuters reports that bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd.’s proposed acquisition of Belgian lender Dexia’s U.S. bond insurance unit cleared an antitrust hurdle with the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.  One insider anticipates U.S. antitrust regulators will make a decision on the deal by the end of January or February.  A special general meeting of Assured Guaranty’s shareholders to vote on the merger is expected to be held in March.

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