Bloomberg Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is in talks with State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, about forming a joint venture to invest in stressed Indian assets, people with knowledge of the matter said. Brookfield, Canada’s largest alternative asset manager, has discussed investing about 70 billion rupees (US$1 billion) in the venture while SBI and its associate banks …

  Bloomberg The Bank of England allotted less to banks in the second of its extra liquidity operations being held to assure sufficient funding around Britain’s referendum on European Union membership. Banks sought just 370 million pounds (US$546 million), compared with 2.46 billion pounds at the previous extra indexed long-term repo operation on June 14, according to the central bank. …

  Bloomberg Britain’s referendum on European Union membership remained too close to call two days before the vote, with separate polls showing leads for both sides and billionaire investor George Soros warning of a slump in the pound should voters back Brexit. A YouGov poll of 1,652 voters for the Times newspaper published late on Monday showed “Leave” at 44 …