Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) said its supervision arm will focus its scrutiny in the coming three years on risks that lenders face from a potential spike in bad loans and their search for higher returns. Several early indicators point to a possible deterioration in credit quality, senior ECB officials said in a blog post. The rate at which ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc has chosen preferred bidders for its consumer assets in several Asian markets as the U.S. lender presses ahead with its plans to divest numerous units across the region. The US lender picked Bank of Ayudhya Pcl as the leading suitor to buy its retail assets in Thailand, the people said, asking not to be identified because the ...

Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA expects the record fundraising spree in India to continue next year, aided by robust foreign inflows into initial public offerings and as more companies seeking to expand plan to sell shares. “I expect 2022 to continue to be a record year for fund raising,” Ganeshan Murugaiyan, head of corporate coverage and advisory at BNP Paribas in ...

Bloomberg For all the warnings earlier this year that China Evergrande Group’s debt crisis would become the country’s Lehman moment, the developer’s landmark payment failure is barely registering in local financial markets. The CSI 300 Index of stocks on Wednesday climbed to a six-week high, while Chinese junk dollar bonds rose 2 cents on the dollar, according to traders. The ...

Bloomberg Stocks rise for a third day as optimism about vaccines eased concerns about the omicron variant and China policies helped buffer against fallout from mounting property debt distress. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index rose 0.5% after the biggest jump in more than a year, with healthcare shares outperforming and energy stocks down. US futures ticked up after the biggest surge ...

Bloomberg Stocks and futures rise on Tuesday as concerns about the severity of the omicron virus variant receded and China pledged measures to support economic growth. Technology shares led gains in Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index and Nasdaq 100 futures rise. Chinese tech stocks also rebounded from last week’s rout, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd soaring by the most since its ...

Bloomberg Stock investors probably have more important things to worry about than the emergence of the new coronavirus strain, according to Morgan Stanley’s strategists. While “not that concerned about omicron as a major risk factor for equities,” the strategists led by Michael Wilson see headwinds building elsewhere, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the possible accelerated tapering of asset ...

Bloomberg Oil rises after Saudi Arabia boosted the prices of its crude, signalling confidence in the demand outlook despite the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Futures in New York advanced 2.9% to trade near $68 a barrel. The kingdom increased its oil prices for customers in Asia and the US for January, just days after the Opec+ ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) is preparing to halt its almost 900 billion-pound ($1.2 trillion) quantitative easing program, leaving the future of what has become a controversial crisis-fighting tool shrouded in doubt. More than decade after buying the first government security as part of an initial 75-billion pound, three-month plan during the global financial crisis, the BOE will next ...

Bloomberg Vietnam’s central bank bought about $25 billion worth of US dollars over the past two years, according to a deputy governor. The move helped inject the Vietnamese dong into the banking system and boost the economy, Pham Thanh Ha told an economic forum in Hanoi. The US Treasury last week announced that Vietnam met all the criteria again of ...