Chinese authorities pushing banks to comply with Basel III

The Chinese government, amidst calls for a pending crisis due to bad debts, is pushing its banks to shore up its capitalization in compliance with Basel III.


KKR and Abraaj jockeying for 60% of Kudu

Kudu, the Saudi Arabian fast food chain, had opened bidding for 60% of its shares with KKR and Abraaj as the firms front running for the bids.

Raiffeisen Bank International to increase bad debt provisions for 2013

Raiffeisen Bank International had been drubbed by bad debts in its Eastern European business as well as insolvencies and restructuring in its home country of Austria.

Lippo seeks US property assets

Lippo Group owned by Indonesian tycoon Mochtar Riady said it had been looking to acquire real estate assets in the US after signs of economic recovery were seen the world's biggest economy.


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According to a statement from Mongolia's Prime Minister, the country would sell its Samurai bonds this year in a deal valued to as much as USD1 billion.
Westfield Group said it would sell its seven US shopping centers to Starwood Capital in a deal valued at USD1.6 billion.
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital said on Sunday it would increase its capital following the clearance it had won from the company's shareholders.
Koor Industries had sold another 5.5 million shares in Credit Suisse. The sale was valued USD169 million said the Israeli holding company on Sunday.
James Leigh-Pemberton would take a new position as the new head of UK Financial Investments on Monday according to an internal memo released by Credit Suisse and was seen by Reuters.
The stock markets of the Middle East breathed a sigh of relief as the US-Russia agreement on Syria's chemical weapons averted a military strike.
The experience of some Muslim dominated countries as to tapping Islamic pension funds for capitalization had reaped benefits.
In an interview, Donatella Versace confirmed the near finalization of a deal with a minority stakeholder.
About INR900 crore had been earmarked for Tata Sky's format upgrade. Tata Sky, the direct-to-home television operator, had drawn plans to invest its INR900 crore this fiscal year on technology upgrades in order to reach out and achieve a 30% growth in subscribers.
The INR3,000 crore investment this fiscal year by Tata Motors would push through despite economic slowdown in India.