Europe's top bankers shun Saudi investment conference

LONDON (Reuters) - The bosses of some of Europe's biggest banks and finance firms have pulled out of a high-profile investment conference in Saudi Arabia, joining a growing list of business chiefs to abandon the event amid widespread concern about the fate of a journalist.

The chief executives of HSBC , Standard Chartered , Credit Suisse and the London Stock Exchange , as well as the Chairman of BNP Paribas withdrew on Tuesday from the Future Investment Initiative.