Britain's SCHRODERS (total assets of GBP 13.6 billion in 1998 with 6,000 employees) has announced the sale, for GBP 1.35 billion, of its investment bank activities to the American business bank SALOMON SMITH BARNEY (CITIGROUP; net profits of USD 2.354 billion in 1999). Renamed SCHRODERS SALOMON SMITH BARNEY, CITIGROUP's European investment pole will be a leader in the sector. SCHRODERS, whose taxable profits for 1999 are estimated at around GBP 300 million, plans to concentrate on asset and...