The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is looking to buy part of a stake in Gatwick airport that could be worth more than 3 billion pounds ($3.92 billion), Sky News reported on Friday.

South Africa's biggest insurer Sanlam has sealed a $1.1 billion deal to acquire the remaining 53.37 percent stake in Moroccan insurance firm SAHAM Finances after receiving regulatory approvals, it said on Thursday.

Britain's largest listed insurer Prudential Plc is eager to make acquisitions in Asia and is eyeing distribution partnerships with banks in countries including Indonesia and Vietnam to boost growth, its Asia chief executive said.

Britain has begun exclusive talks with planemaker Boeing Co for a multi-billion pound contract to replace its fleet of ageing surveillance aircraft for the Royal Air Force, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Australia's Latitude Financial said it has deferred a planned IPO due to market conditions and a change in leadership at the mortgage lender, while a national inquiry into financial sector misconduct clouds the outlook for the industry.

Brazilian credit card processor StoneCo Ltd filed on Monday for an initial public offering (IPO) on New York's Nasdaq, as competition speeds up among payment companies in Brazil and the economy recovers from a harsh recession.

At least five insurers, including Britain's Prudential and Canada's Sun Life , have bid for Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) majority stake in an Indonesian insurance venture, people with knowledge of the process said.

Japan's Nomura has bought a minority stake in Swiss private bank Julius Baer's Japanese outfit, joining up Baer's wealth management services with the Japanese broker's high-net-worth franchise in the country.

Hong Kong-based private equity group PAG said on Wednesday a unit of the firm had launched a HK$5.24 billion ($671 million) unsolicited takeover bid for Spring Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

Dutch-based insurer Aegon said on Tuesday it expects a one-time benefit of $1 billion in capital generation after merging two of its U.S. subsidiaries.