Account
International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, is planning to invest around $2 billion in Brazilian companies in order to support the Latin American country's private-sector development, according to Loy Pires, IFC's senior manager for Brazil.The investment plan will take place in the next fiscal year starting July. By comparison, in the July 2012-June 2013 fiscal year, IFC's investment in Brazil also totaled $2 billion."There are good opportunities of investments in Brazil that will generate an impact on development. IFC's investments always involved minority stakes in companies and certain rights, such as indicating a member for the board of the company," said Mr. Pires in an interview. "Our task is to give orientation in those companies that we invested in regarding corporate governance, deep knowledge of the specific sector and also sustainability."The IFC seeks to invest in the financial sector, energy, low-income housing, business hotels, agriculture and water. IFC plans to...
The Dutch state and ING Group NV (INGA.AE) are at loggerheads over how to sell the bank's portfolio of so-called Alt-A U.S. mortgages, Het Financieele Dagblad report...
Insurance and retirement-savings plan provider ING U.S. (VOYA) saw its initial public offering price below its expected range, prompting the sale of more stock than ...
Money manager Neuberger Berman Group LLC on Wednesday said it created its first-ever dedicated emerging-markets debt team.To form the new team, Neuberger Berman, whi...
The market for initial public offerings has been hot this year, but it faces a test with ING U.S.'s $1.4 billion debut, slated to be the second-biggest U.S. IPO this...
A deal-making frenzy in Asia's insurance industry is turning up the heat on buyers to fork out huge sums or miss out on a prime chance to tap into the sector's faste...
Dutch bank ING Group NV (ING.AE) said Friday it will sell its custody services in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine to Cit...
Five potential bidders are conducting preliminary due diligence on a possible purchase of at least 51% of ING Groep NV's (ING) Korean life-insurance operations, peop...
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA, BBVA.MC), the Spanish banking giant, is exiting the Peruvian pension fund business as part of its efforts to focus on its c...
BBVA (BBVA.MC) has sold its Peruvian pension unit, with Colombia's Grupo de Inversiones Suramerica SA and AFP Profuturo taking equal stakes.Grupo de Inversiones Sura...
Capital One Financial Corp.'s (COF) first-quarter earnings fell 24%, a year after the company recorded a $594 million gain related to its acquisition of ING Direct U...
Capital One Financial Corp.'s (COF) first-quarter earnings fell 24%, a year after the company recorded a $594 million gain related to its acquisition of ING Direct U...
Capital One Financial Corp.'s (COF) first-quarter earnings fell 24% amid a modest revenue decline and as the prior-year period included a $594 million gain related t...
Morgan Stanley has been sued by an Alabama medical laboratory that claims it steered retirement plan business to ING U.S. Inc and others in exchange for extra fees i...
Retailers will be the dominant sector on next week's earnings calendar, with many big names in the space reporting.Also, some housing data should provide clues about...
International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, agreed to acquire a 7.9% stake in Brazil's insurance company Sul America SA (SULA11.BR, SULA4.BR) for 400 millio...
Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) said its U.S. credit-card delinquencies fell in April from March, while its international credit-card business also showed a declin...
The initial public offering of ING Group NV's (INGA.AE) U.S. insurance business at 50% of its book value means a "significant destruction of capital," Chief Executiv...
Dutch financial services group ING Group NV (ING) said Wednesday that first quarter net profit more than doubled, mainly due to a gain on the sale of its Asian life ...
The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for ING Groep NV (ING) first-quarter results, based on a poll of six analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (fig...