Banking

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) said a $2 trillion plunge in the value of cryptoassets underscores vulnerabilities in the market and the need for tougher law enforcement and regulation. The market capitalisation of digital assets has tumbled to about $900 billion from a peak of almost $3 trillion in late 2021, the BOE’s Financial Policy Committee said. The ...

  Bloomberg Inflation forecasting errors may have risen in India due to climate change, impacting food as well as fuel inflation, and that may require more rate hikes from the central bank to anchor prices, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. “Although inflation in India has always been susceptible to supply shocks, climate change-induced surprises are making it more volatile and ...

  Bloomberg Australia and New Zealand Banking group Ltd (ANZ) is weighing reviving a stake sale in PT Bank Pan Indonesia, according to people with knowledge of the matter. ANZ has started preliminary talks with interested parties including other banks and tycoons in Indonesia, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the process is private. Shares of ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is cutting more than two dozen front line roles at the investment bank in Asia as the Swiss lender grapples with losses and a weakening outlook for the global economy, people familiar with the matter said. The reductions in recent weeks fell across businesses including deal-making and trading, the people said, asking not to ...

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc is in talks to sell its Russia unit to local lender Expobank, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. A deal would mark another exit of an international lender after the Kremlin-ordered invasion of Ukraine. Societe Generale SA agreed to sell its Rosbank PJSC unit to the investment firm of Russia’s richest man, ...

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to keep its current monetary easing program “for many quarters to come” to ensure an economic recovery and pursue a still remote target of sustainable 2% inflation, according to a former BOJ official. “There’s a good case for the BOJ to be sticking to the current yield curve control for the ...

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) is exploring ways to prevent banks from earning windfall profits from the subsidised lending program it launched during the pandemic, once it raises interest rates later this month, according to a report by the Financial Times. The ECB provided €2.2 trillion of subsidized loans to banks during the Covid-19 crisis to avoid a ...

Bloomberg UniCredit SpA is considering selling its Russian unit through a structure that would allow the bank to repurchase the subsidiary if the geopolitical situation stabilizes, according to people familiar with the matter. Italy’s second-largest lender is looking at several possible deal arrangements, including one that would give it the option of buying back the unit depending on market and ...

Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to sell gold coins to the public from July 25 as a store of value to stabilise the nation’s tumbling currency and offer an alternative to the US dollar. The one-troy-ounce gold coins will be called Mosi oa-Tunya Gold Coin, Governor John Mangudya said. The term means “Smoke that Thunders,” a reference to Victoria Falls, ...

  Bloomberg The euro slid to a 20-year low against the US dollar as traders bet that the European Central Bank will go slower on raising interest rates as the economy risks being tipped into a recession. The common currency fell as much as 1.4% to $1.0281, its weakest level since December 2002. The losses came as money markets continued ...