Bloomberg Major oil trading houses are predicting the return of $100 crude for the first time since 2014 as Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies struggle to compensate for US sanctions on Iran’s exports. With Brent crude already jumping to an almost four-year high on Monday, that’s exactly the kind of price surge President Donald Trump has …

Bloomberg After years of easy money, many of the world’s biggest oil traders are enduring a brutal new reality. Traders have been wrong-footed by wild swings in price spreads between oil grades, particularly in the US market. Amid dwindling profits, trading desks are being overhauled, with some firms restructuring their operations and paring budgets designed for better times. It’s a …

Bloomberg India is planning to sell its stake in SJVN Ltd. and Power Finance Corp. to other government-controlled companies in deals that may fetch the federal government about 200 billion rupees ($2.8 billion), helping it to rein in the fiscal deficit amid growing risks of a slippage, people with knowledge of the matter said. The government plans to sell its …

Bloomberg Egypt’s biggest outsourcing services provider, Raya Contact Center, is expanding as economic growth rebounds and a weaker currency makes it more competitive. The Cairo-based company, which operates offshore call centers and offers other corporate services, added about 1,000 workstations this year, compared to a previous annual average of 400 workstations, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Reem Asaad said. …

Bloomberg Coronado Global Resources Inc., a miner backed by private equity firm Energy & Minerals Group, and current investors are seeking to raise as much as A$1.4 billion ($1 billion) in what would be Australia’s largest coal initial public offering. The company and existing holders are offering Chess Depository Interests at A$4 to A$4.80 each, according to a prospectus lodged …

Bloomberg US stocks slipped on growing trade tension and after reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will leave his post. Oil climbed and the euro rallied. As a Justice Department shakeup threatened to increase political turmoil, industrial shares led US equity indexes down after China warned it won’t meet with American officials unless they stop threatening to expand tariffs. …

Bloomberg India’s market regulator is examining Friday’s sharp moves in shares of Dewan Housing Finance Corp., Yes Bank Ltd. and other lenders for possible trading irregularities, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Securities and Exchange Board of India is looking into whether brokers and investors colluded during the sharp selloff and subsequent recovery in financial shares, the people …

Bloomberg As Denmark comes to grips with its role in one of Europe’s worst dirty money sagas, its parliament is working overtime to stop the nation’s credit rating from being dragged down by the scandal. Danske Bank A/S has admitted that about $234 billion flowed through a tiny unit in Estonia between 2007 and 2015, and is treating a “large” …

Bloomberg Nazir Razak, the brother of Malaysia’s former prime minister, has decided to step down as chairman of the country’s second-largest bank by the end of this year. Nazir, 52, has announced his intention to step down from the board of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. after 29 years at the helm, the lender said in a statement to the stock …

Bloomberg Indonesia has almost 2,000 banks and a currency that’s plunged 11 percent since January, a combination overburdened regulators hope will prove irresistible to foreign acquirers. The country’s lenders are in much better shape than during the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, and have stood up well to the weakening of the rupiah this year, said Fauzi Ichsan, chief executive …