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Portugal’s CGD bank boss quits

  AFP The board chairman of Portugal’s troubled state-owned Caixa Geral de Depositos bank has resigned after weeks of pressure as he refused to declare his assets, the government announced late Sunday. Portugal’s Socialist government said it “regretted” Antonio Domingues’ decision, adding he would not leave his post until the end of December. A finance ministry statement said the government ...

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Barclays wealth units priced below estimate in OCBC sale

  Bloomberg Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.’s purchase of Barclays Plc’s wealth-management units in Singapore and Hong Kong was priced at $227.5 million, 29 percent below an initial estimate, after the amount of assets being transferred fell. The final price is based on 1.75 percent of the $13 billion of Barclays assets transferred to Bank of Singapore, OCBC’s private-banking arm, the Singaporean ...

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UK banks struggle in toughest stress tests

  Bloomberg The Bank of England added a new, higher bar to its third round of public stress tests. Some of the UK’s biggest banks will scrape through; others may not clear it. The seven major British lenders tested will probably beat the lowest measures of strength required to pass the annual BOE health check when it is released Wednesday, ...

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