Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron is hosting a dinner on Wednesday for the leaders of several West African countries in Paris, where he’ll discuss his pitch to shift the focus of European forces battling an insurgency from Mali to another nation. The French president will be joined by the leaders of Chad, Mauritania and Niger, according to an official in his ...

  Bloomberg Bank of Korea (BOK) officials past and present, presidential advisers and global representatives are among potential successors to central bank Governor Lee Ju-yeol, whose impending departure is fuelling speculation over a replacement at a time of elevated inflation. Lee’s successor will inherit rapidly normalising monetary policy after two years of extraordinary stimulus to prop up a pandemic-hit economy. ...

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc awarded Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jane Fraser $22.5 million for her work in 2021 after she assumed the top job in February and helped guide the bank through regulatory hurdles. Fraser, 54, was granted stock awards totalling about $14.82 million, a cash bonus of $6.35 million and a $1.33 million salary, the New York-based bank said ...