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BPI Angolan shareholder hopes to resume talks with CaixaBank soon

LISBON / Reuters Santoro Finance, a holding company of Angolan investor Isabel dos Santos, is baffled by CaixaBank breaking off talks on a nearly ready deal for the Spanish bank to buy dos Santos’s stake in Portuguese lender BPI and hopes to resume negotiations soon. “It’s hard to understand what has happened after the sides have reached understanding on key ...

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China’s yuan to face pressure if dollar rises sharply: PBOC

BOAO / Reuters China’s yuan will come under renewed downward pressure if the US dollar rises significantly in coming months, a policy adviser to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said. Huang Yiping, a professor at Peking University and a member of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, also said the central bank was managing the yuan against a basket ...

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Bangladesh asks Reserve Fed to help retrieve cash

REUTERS The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank has sent formal letters to the New York Reserve Fed, as well as central bank, and money laundering chiefs in the Philippines, asking them to help recover its stolen $81 million, a senior central bank official said on Sunday. The news came as Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said the government ...

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