VOL. XXXIII

NO. 50

17-SEPTEMBER-1990

Financial and Banking News

Regional Banking

BNP Postpones Selling Shares in BAII to Four Arab Institutions

Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) has postponed for two months plans to sell a25% stake in Banque Arabe et Internationale d'Investissement (BAII) to fourArab-owned financial institutions. BNP has owned about 93% of BAII's sharessince buying out the majority of the the former shareholders in June, and undera takeover plan agreed in May it planned to cede the...