Bloomberg Russia is looking to sell dozens of stakes in state companies ranging from its oil-pipeline monopoly to its second-largest lender over the next three years as the government struggles to cover its budget gap, according to a draft privatization programme. After years of delays, the government is reviving plans to offer shares in Transneft PJSC and VTB Bank ...

  Bloomberg Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel’s largest bank, approved a plan to cut 12 percent of the workforce, answering the call of regulators to slash costs as it seeks to boost its dividend. The lender expects about 1,500 workers to choose voluntary retirement over the next four years in a plan that will cost the bank about 1.2 billion shekels ...

  Bloomberg Apollo Global Management LLC is starting to raise money for a new buyout fund that could reach almost $20 billion in size, as the private equity firm tears ahead on an unprecedented buying spree. “We are currently on pace to deploy more capital in 2016 than in any other year in our history,” Josh Harris, who co-founded Apollo ...