Bloomberg As China’s crackdown on shadow banking shrinks smaller banks’ valuations relative to larger peers, the outlook is dimming for the country’s regional lenders queuing up to list their shares. Small bank shares have been slipping relative to China’s lending giants like Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. due to their deeper involvement ...

Bloomberg Vietnam Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank expects its market capitalisation to rise to $1 billion after its planned listing on the country’s benchmark bourse during the second half of the year, according to Chairman Trinh Van Tuan. The 22-year-old bank, also known as OCB, plans to list 750 million shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange late ...

Bloomberg Northern Europe’s claim for a turn at leading euro-area monetary policy in the era after Mario Draghi advanced over the weekend as two of its contenders dropped hints that they’re waiting to be asked. The signals from Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann and outgoing Finnish Governor Erkki Liikanen are the most explicit so far in the race to succeed the ...

Bloomberg Mark Carney may be wondering at times if less is more when he speaks to financial markets. After a bruising month that’s seen his own signals on interest rates questioned and one of his deputies forced to apologize for calling the economy menopausal, communication is once again a hot topic for the Bank of England governor. Carney, who arrived ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is seeking to grow its market share for a type of derivative that’s gaining favour among investors as a way to wager on corporate debt. The Swiss bank is ramping up its market-making operations for so-called total-return swaps tied to US bond and loan indexes, according to people familiar with the matter. The lender hired ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc warned that profit will slump for the first time in five years as rising labor costs compound a fuel-price surge that may force weaker competitors out of business. Net income could fall as much as 14 percent in the year through next March, Ryanair said. An increase in kerosene costs will pressure earnings in the short ...

Bloomberg Bangkok Airways Pcl will soon submit specifications for an order of 20 narrow-body planes to Airbus SE, Boeing Co. and Bombardier Inc., its President Puttipong Prasattong-Osoth said. The carrier, which currently has 12 Airbus 319s and nine Airbus 320s, will pick one manufacturer for the order by the end of the year, Puttipong said in an interview. “The good ...

Bloomberg Jet Airways India Ltd. is closing in on a new order for Boeing Co.’s 737 Max single-aisle plane that could take its commitments for the model above 200 aircraft. India’s biggest full-service airline is in talks over the purchase and may make an announcement in coming weeks, Chairman Naresh Goyal said. He didn’t specify how many planes the company ...

Bloomberg As an online grocer, Ocado Group Plc has always commanded a higher valuation than traditional retailers. But last week’s US deal puts its valuation multiples squarely in-line with Amazon.com Inc., and leagues away from the likes of Tesco Plc and J Sainsbury Plc. The company’s landmark technology-licensing deal with Kroger Co. sent the shares up 44 percent, squeezing short ...

Bloomberg Chinese actress Li Yuchun glides down the hallway of Cannes’ Hotel Martinez in a tuxedo-inspired Jean Paul Gaultier gown and blue-gray pixie haircut, with a pack of L’Oreal videographers trotting backward to stay out of the frame. After striking a few poses on the marble staircase, she heads for the red carpet. The footage is rushed to L’Oreal’s editing ...