In Brief: TFI record net profit; Getin signs agreement; New RPP members

Over this period, their assets increased from zł. 22.8 billion to zł. 33.2 billion. (Parkiet, p. 1) ... Getin, owned by Leszek Czarnecki and JNR Acquisitions run by Nathaniel Rothschild, have signed an agreement for the purchase of shares in Górnośląski Bank Gospodarczy (GBG). The shares will be sold by BPH PBK, which is to receive zł. 255 million for its stake, and Kopex which sold its shares for almost zł. 37 million. (Parkiet, p. 1) ... In accordance with expectations, the Senate has selected Marian Noga, Stanisław Owsiak and Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner to become new members of the Monetary Policy Council (RPP). President Aleksander Kwaśniewski is to select his three candidates on February 17. According to a Reuter's poll, the Council will most probably decide on a rate cut of 25 base points in March. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) A.K.