Bloomberg Investors managing $11 trillion have called on the world’s biggest banks to phase out financing of fossil-fuel companies and throw their weight behind the goals of the Paris climate agreement. Asset managers, including Federated Hermes Inc.’s EOS division and Pacific Investment Management Co., have asked 27 banks to commit to eliminating emissions across their operations by 2050, including those ...

Bloomberg Angola began selling state-run lender Banco de Comercio e Industria to test investor appetite for some of the country’s biggest companies including oil giant Sonangol, said Economic Coordination Minister Manuel Nunes Junior. The sale of the nation’s 13th-largest bank by assets is part of a push by Africa’s second-biggest oil producer to raise cash and jump-start a moribund economy. ...

Bloomberg European stocks were steady while US equity futures drifted lower on Monday as investors looked for fresh catalysts to push global shares beyond record highs. The dollar slid. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced to a fresh record following a seventh straight week of gains. Nasdaq 100 futures got a boost from easing Treasury yields, while S&P 500 contracts ...