Banking

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc is looking to hire 100 people as part of a new push into digital assets inside its institutional business, according to a person familiar with the matter. As part of the effort, the firm tapped Puneet Singhvi to be its new head of digital assets inside the institutional-clients group, according to a memo to staff seen by ...

Bloomberg An organisation formed by key participants in China’s currency market urged banks to limit speculative foreign-exchange trading after the yuan climbed to a six-year high versus peers. The China Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) — founded under guidance from the central bank — encouraged lenders to be risk-neutral when trading foreign exchange for themselves and for clients, according to people ...

Bloomberg Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) is considering whether to set up a crypto exchange as Southeast Asia’s second-largest lender seeks to respond to customer needs, Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong said. “We are looking at it and seriously there are some work being done in the bank,” Wong told Haslinda Amin in a Bloomberg Television interview, when asked whether the ...

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co is offering to reimburse Hong Kong employees up to $5,000 to compensate for their quarantine stay as the financial hub sticks to its zero-Covid policy. All Hong Kong-based employees who are executive directors and below may claim the amount for a single quarantine stay for personal trips to visit immediate family members, which includes spouses, ...

Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia plans to start a phased return-to-office plan for headquarters employees who are still working remotely on January 17, marking the first of Canada’s largest banks to set a specific date for a broad return. The return will be staggered for different groups, and the majority of head-office employees will be working in a hybrid model, ...

Bloomberg The New Zealand dollar looks poised to recover from its sharp selloff this month, with technical support, a yield advantage over the US and hedge-fund bets pointing to gains in the kiwi ahead of a pivotal central bank decision. A 50 basis points hike by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand could amplify gains, while a 25 basis points ...

Bloomberg UK economic activity is slowing and supply-side issues are stoking prices, underlining the “two-sided” debate over inflation, Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey said. Reinforcing comments from Chief Economist Huw Pill, Bailey said it’s not the bank’s job to fix supply chain issues that have hampered economies around the world. “The proximate cause of many of these inflation ...

Bloomberg Two of Europe’s banking giants picked the leaders who will help chart their next era as they named successors for the chairmen who steered them through a decade of restructuring. UBS Group nominated former Morgan Stanley President Colm Kelleher to succeed Axel Weber as chairman next year. A day earlier, Deutsche Bank AG proposed Dutch insurance veteran Alexander Wynaendts ...

Bloomberg Banks must report major cyberattacks to regulators within 36 hours if the incident is likely to disrupt their business, according to a new rule from US regulators. Any “computer security incident” that threatens a lender’s operations, services to customers or the stability of the financial system has to be disclosed to the bank’s primary government watchdog, according to a ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG completed Europe’s first commercial real estate collateralised loan obligation, according to lawyers involved in the deal, breaking into a market that’s more than doubled in the US. The bank sealed a deal with commercial real estate lender Starz Real Estate, according lawyers at Reed Smith who represent the borrower. The agreement, denominated in euros and ...