.Jasper Juinen|Bloomberg|Getty ImagesThe Dutch government on Tuesday claimed it is going to lower its stake in finance company ABN Amro by an one-fourth to 30% through a trading plan.Shares of the Dutch financial institution traded 1.2% lower at the marketplace available and was actually last down 0.6% since 9:15 a.m. Greater london time.The Dutch federal government, which presently secures a 40.5% interest in ABN Amro, announced via its own expenditure motor vehicle agency NLFI that it will definitely sell allotments utilizing a pre-arranged investing plan readied to be actually performed by Barclays Bank Ireland.In September, the government had claimed it marketed reveals worth regarding 1.17 billion euros, bringing its own shareholding under 50%. It made use of portion of the proceeds to pay some of the condition's debts.ABN Amro was actually bailed out due to the state in the course of the 2008 monetary situation and eventually privatized in 2015. The federal government started lessening its shareholding in the firm final year.The lending institution entered into state possession "to ensure the reliability of the economic system and not as an assets to produce a return," the Financial Minister Eelco Heinen said in a letter to parliament, reiterating previous statements on the government's intentions.In order to redeem what the government's complete expense, the whole remaining concern would must be sold at a price of 31.49 euros every reveal, Heinen mentioned in September, incorporating that it is "not practical" that such a price is going to be actually attained in the short term. As of the Monday close, ABN Amro's allotment cost was actually 15.83 euros.Rebound in sharesThe banking field has actually remained in the limelight recently, after UniCredit's move to take a concern in German loan provider Commerzbank sparked concerns on cross-border mergers in Europe and also the lack of a comprehensive financial union in the region.Governments have actually been capitalizing on a rebound in shares to sell their shareholdings in banks that were taken control of during the course of the economic situation. The U.K. and also German managements have actually both made moves this year to reduce their respective shareholdings in NatWest and Commerzbank.ABN Amro was the target of acquisition supposition in 2015, when media files claimed French bank BNP Paribas had an interest in the Dutch lending institution. At the time, BNP Paribas refuted the files.