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South Eastern and Great Western services will be overhauled

PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Patricia Barbizet, who managed the investments of one of France's richest families and helped the Pinaults turn Kering into one of the world's biggest luxury groups, is set to leave their holding company Artemis after nearly 30 years.

MADRID, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell 80 percent of its real estate business to U.S. fund Cerberus for 4 billion euros ($5 billion), one of the largest such deals as investor enthusiasm for Spanish property returns.

FRANKFURT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Germany's economy is facing a host of risks -- from high real estate prices to weak banks -- but investors may be ignoring vulnerabilities given the country's eight-year economic run, the Bundesbank said on Wednesday.

* Chairman signals he won't seek re-election in 2019 (Adds more detail)

SHANGHAI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares ended Wednesday lower despite gains on Wall Street, with investors' risk appetite curbed by North Korea's latest missile test. ** At close of trade, the Hang Seng index was down 57.02 points or 0.19 percent at 29,623.83. The Hang Seng China...

Britain agrees total liabilities worth €100bn but will aim to pay less than half

MADRID, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Spain's largest bank Santander said it would take an impairment charge of 600 million euros ($711 million), mostly due to its U.S. consumer finance group, a move it said would hit fourth quarter earnings.