Bloomberg European banks could earn almost 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in annual revenue from financing the transition to a more sustainable economy, according to their top regulator. “The balance sheet choices banks will make about green and non-green assets will materially impact their bottom lines,” said Andrea Enria, who leads the European Central Bank’s supervisory board. “Consumers and …

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc expects to take a 450 million-pound ($591 million) hit and will delay a share buyback until the second quarter after issuing about $15 billion more structured notes and exchange traded notes than it had registered for sale. Barclays Bank Plc, the subsidiary that holds the lender’s corporate and investment bank, has determined that “securities offered and …

  Bloomberg NatWest Group, the British bank will no longer be mostly owned by the UK government after it bought back nearly 5% of its shares in an off-market deal. The sale of the stake for £1.2 billion takes government’s shareholding to about 48%, and ends more than a decade of majority state ownership of the bank The UK government’s …

Bloomberg Tesla Inc added about $84 billion to its stock-market value, more than Ford Motor Co.’s entire market capitalisation, after the electric-vehicle maker said it is planning a second stock split in about two years. Stocks splits for large companies have returned to the spotlight recently with Amazon.com Inc. saying earlier this month that it will do a 20-for-1 stock …

Bloomberg Stocks rise on Tuesday as cease-fire talks between Russia and Ukraine helped fuel risk appetite. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced, with auto and consumer stocks outperforming. US equity futures climbed after benchmarks rose for a third session. Oil reversed earlier declines as investors weighed the impact of China’s mobility curbs against a Covid-19 resurgence on demand. Government bond …

  Bloomberg Oil retreated as China’s worsening virus resurgence raised concerns about demand in the world’s biggest crude importer. West Texas Intermediate futures fall as much as 6.2% after authorities in Shanghai said they will lock down half of the city in turns for mass Covid-19 testing. Global growth risks from inflation and tightening monetary policy also hit market sentiments, …

  Bloomberg Argentina, home to some of the world’s vastest gas reserves, is bracing for the unthinkable: rationing one of its chief natural resources. Despite having shale-gas deposits to rival those in Appalachia, which made the US a major exporter, Argentina’s domestic gas production sector has suffered from years of underinvestment that has left it unable to meet domestic demand, …

  Bloomberg India asked power manufacturers to keep importing coal to meet increasing demand for electricity even as prices of the fossil fuel surged. The power companies need to resolve issues related to rising prices and stick to the power-purchase agreement, the Ministry of Power said in a statement. “Not maintaining adequate fuel stocks or not giving availability on any …

  Bloomberg The trading arm of Russia’s gas giant Gazprom PJSC is under increasing pressure as clients and peers flee in response to the war in Ukraine, posing a risk for energy markets from the UK to Germany and Singapore. Gazprom Marketing & Trading is facing liquidity problems as banks delay its transactions and peers refuse to deal with it, …

  Bloomberg Investors are scrambling for safety as risks mount, from the war in Ukraine to rising interest rates and a global recession. They have found it in the US stock market — particularly the biggest American companies. The S&P 500 Index is up more than 8% over the past two weeks, recouping all of its losses since the Russian …