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BTG Pactual demands over $100m from Generali over BSI fines
Brazilian investment bank Banco BTG Pactual is looking to recover more than $100m (£65.5m, €84.6m) from Italian insurer Generali in fines levied by the Swiss and Singaporean authorities against BSI bank.
Middle East | news 24 May 16
UAE regulator grants broker licence to advisory firm PWS
Dubai-based advisory firm Prestige Wealth Solutions (PWS) has been granted a broker licence by the UAE’s Insurance Authority (IA), the company has revealed.
Old Mutual Asset Management sale moves closer
Old Mutual is reportedly a step closer to selling its US asset management business, with the group’s board understood to support the deal.
Singapore regulator orders BSI Bank shut down
In the “worst case of control lapses and gross misconduct seen in the Singapore financial sector” Switzerland-headquartered BSI Bank is to be shut down, with six former and current members of staff referred to the public prosecutor, the first such move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) since 1984.
Old Mutual EM unit moves into West Africa with ETI deal
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (Omem) has teamed up with pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) as part of a move to expand its operations into French-speaking nations such as Senegal and the Ivory Coast.