Banking

  Bloomberg Latin American central banks may need to extend already long and deep rate hiking cycles to shore up battered currencies that are threatening financial stability, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts said in a report. The region’s currencies, notably the Chilean and Colombian pesos, “are still vulnerable to an intensification of recession fears, a deterioration of economic activity in ...

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc is collecting a windfall from tumultuous international markets, even as a dimming economic outlook and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pose billions of dollars in risks. The bank’s second-quarter profit soared past analysts’ estimates, driven by unexpectedly large hauls from currencies, commodities and interest-rates trading and its shuttling of corporate money over borders. Net income amounted to ...

  Bloomberg A slump in client trading activity in Asia is threatening to slow a lucrative earner for the world’s biggest wealth managers. UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc are among banks whose wealth revenues for the region likely declined by double digits in the first half. Credit Suisse Group AG, which last month warned that results in the second ...

  Bloomberg Australia & New Zealand Banking group is nearing a deal to acquire Suncorp group Ltd.’s banking operations as it seeks to add customer growth, according to people familiar with the matter. An announcement could be made as soon as this week and the lender will seek to tap equity markets with a share sale to help fund the ...

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. missed analysts’ earnings estimates as the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes started to cool the once-hot housing market, hurting the company’s mortgage-lendingbusiness. Mortgage-banking income falls 79% to $287 million in the quarter, according to a statement. That missed analysts’ $392.4 million estimate and helped bring second-quarter net income down to $3.12 billion, below the $3.19 ...

  Bloomberg Chile’s central bank announced plans to support the nation’s currency after it plummeted to a record low, fuelling inflation that’s already almost quadruple target rate. Policy makers announced a $25 billion currency intervention, adding it will last from July 18 to September 30. The program includes spot dollar sales of as much as $10 billion and foreign-exchange hedge ...

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley’s revenue from investment banking plummeted as capital markets seized up, underlining a slow quarter for Wall Street as a dour outlook for the economy muddles the path forward. The firm’s investment-banking group posted $1.07 billion in revenue, down 55% from a year earlier, a bigger decline than the 47% drop analysts had predicted. The bank also ...

  Bloomberg The Bank of Korea (BOK) doubled the margin of its latest rate increase and promised more hikes to come, as it stepped up its battle against inflation now running at a 23-year high. The central bank joined a global wave of larger rate increases by pushing up its seven-day repurchase rate by a half-percentage point to 2.25% as ...

  Bloomberg Argentina’s central bank is in talks with private lenders about adding a put option to its local bonds that would compel the monetary authority to buy back the notes if prices fall too far. Technical staff from private banks met with the central bank’s general manager, Agustin Torcassi, to discuss the possibility, according to people with direct knowledge ...

  Bloomberg The money manager behind a Russia-focused ETF that collapsed after the country invaded Ukraine is warning that bank fees are “significantly eroding” what little of the fund’s value remains. VanEck said Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of New York Mellon are charging fees on Russian depository receipts that its Russia ETF (ticker RSX) primarily holds, ...