Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) has made a number of changes to the leadership of its natural resources unit in Europe and North America. The bank has named Maria Garijo del Cura and James Sleeman co-heads of Europe, Middle East and Africa natural resources investment banking, based in London, according to an internal memo from Ray Wood, the bank’s ...

Bloomberg Nigeria’s government is in talks with Standard Chartered Plc (StanChart) about arranging funding for two rail projects expected to cost as much as $14.4 billion, replacing earlier plans to source the loans from Chinese banks, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said. President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and the London-based lender are discussing financing for the upgrade of a narrow-gauge track in ...

Bloomberg Some European Central Bank (ECB) officials issued warnings about higher rates of inflation, just a day after agreeing to keep monetary stimulus flowing at an accelerated pace through the summer. Austrian Governor Robert Holzmann went so far as to say that if euro-area price growth exceeds 3%, then policy makers would need to consider acting. He said the possibility ...