Barclays Said to Ready Sale of German Consumer Finance Business
Barclays Plc is preparing the sale of its consumer-finance business in Germany and has held preliminary talks with potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.
Barclays Plc is preparing the sale of its consumer-finance business in Germany and has held preliminary talks with potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.
Swedish investment house EQT AB will deploy about $3.4 billion in India through its Asia private equity arm as it steps up deal making in the country.
Hidden beneath convulsions in the global bond and currency market is an emerging sense of caution about the possibility the Bank of Japan may tweak yield-curve control policy at the end of July.
A group of companies controlled by an influential member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family have shed $30 billion in market value this year, contributing to a drop in the emirate’s benchmark index that’s lagged regional peers.
China is facing pressure on trade as foreign shipments drop off and domestic demand remains weak, with a darkening global growth outlook and geopolitical tensions making a reprieve unlikely anytime soon.
Global oil demand won’t grow as fast as previously expected this year due to the faltering economies of developed nations, the International Energy Agency said.
Bitcoin missed out on a rally in global markets sparked by cooling US inflation, triggering some caution about the token’s outlook.
BlackRock Inc. and KKR & Co. are nearing a deal to sell their multibillion-dollar stake in Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s oil pipeline network to local sovereign wealth fund ADQ, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Billionaire Michael Hintze’s CQS is exploring options including selling part of its asset-management business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
A government review warned that Australia’s pensions regulator must better identify emerging systemic risks in the A$3.5 trillion ($2.4 trillion) industry, including how funds value their growing holdings of unlisted assets.