Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. agreed to sell consumer-banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB) for about S$4.9 billion ($3.6 billion) as Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser continues her push to simplify the New York-based bank. UOB will pay Citigroup a cash consideration for the net assets of the acquired businesses plus a premium ...

  Bloomberg The UK government has sold 170.4 million shares in NatWest Group Plc — worth about $580 million at current prices — since November, continuing to cut the majority stake it acquired during the financial crisis. The Treasury now owns a 51.98% stake in the lender formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland, according to a filing. Its stake ...

  Bloomberg The top 1% at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to receive a special one-time reward in addition to annual bonuses, recognizing the Wall Street titan’s roaring success through the pandemic. The unusual payments to partners — the roughly 400 executives who fill out the investment bank’s highest rung — will add millions of dollars to many compensation ...