Citigroup Seeking More Foreign Investment
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The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said.
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TOKYO -- Citigroup announced a tender offer Tuesday to raise its stake in Nikko Cordial to more than 50 percent and make the scandal-tainted Japanese securities company a subsidiary, strengthening its presence in the country.
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Citigroup  launched a $10.75 billion takeover bid for Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, offering cash to the scandal-hit firm's shareholders in a deal designed to transform its business in the world's second-biggest economy.
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The German and French financial  watchdogs said on Thursday they were looking into recent  trading by U.S. financial services group Citigroup C.N in  European government bond and derivative markets.
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Citigroup plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs at its corporate and investment bank, according to a person close to the company, the latest signal that the company is placing a renewed emphasis on cutting costs and bolstering shareholder returns.
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BEIJING -- China is creating an investment company to make more profitable use of its $1 trillion in foreign currency reserves, the finance minister said Friday, in a move that could change the flow of billions of dollars in global markets.
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The recent woes of Citigroup  have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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The banks, which include Citigroup and UBS, are considering injecting capital into Ambac and assuming some of the risks associated with guarantees written by the company.
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Citigroup Inc  plans to inject about $3.3 billion into six of the seven structured investment vehicles it took onto its balance sheet last year, to shore up their credit ratings and protect creditors, Dow Jones Newswires said on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Citigroup Inc  and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  said they raised another $20 billion of capital from investors in Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere, as the subprime mortgage crisis forced additional massive asset write-downs and devoured more of banks' capital.
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Citigroup  flagged its interest in buying a bank in Germany on Tuesday but played down recent talk that it was about to swoop on Commerzbank .
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The chief executive of Citigroup has taken a number of symbolic steps to address concerns by investors that his company is too immense to manage.
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Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S. bank, said on Friday that strong international and investment banking growth fueled a higher-than-expected 18 percent increase in quarterly profit.
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TOKYO/NEW YORK  - Citigroup Inc.  bid $10.8 billion for troubled Japanese securities firm Nikko Cordial Corp.  on Tuesday, as the largest U.S. bank looks to return to prominence in a country where it has suffered big losses.
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Citigroup Inc  and Merrill Lynch  & Co Inc  said they raised another $20 billion of  capital from investors in Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere,  as the subprime mortgage crisis forced additional massive asset  write-downs and devoured more of banks' capital.
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Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S.  bank, plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this  year, a move that could make it easier to buy Japanese firms  through stock swaps, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily  reported on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON, August 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Foreign investors increased purchases of US securities in June, showing that foreign demand is sufficient to finance the US current account deficit, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.