Banking

Bloomberg Nigeria’s central bank says it’s investigating the foreign-exchange transactions of lenders operating in the country. Following “recent occurrences in the market,” the central bank of Nigeria “would like to remind banks to desist from all and any forms of FX malpractices,” the regulator said in a statement. Any lenders “found culpable with ongoing investigations” could have their foreign-exchange operating ...

Bloomberg Evercore Inc has hired Adi Jayaraman from Citigroup Inc for its financial technology investment banking business. Jayaraman will be a senior managing director leading fintech based in New York. Evercore has boosted its technology investment banking business in the past few years. The boutique investment bank was named exclusive financial adviser to Nuance Communication Inc on its pending sale ...

Bloomberg The Bank of Canada released guidance for the first time on how it plans to eventually reduce monetary stimulus, saying it will first raise interest rates before curbing its holdings of government bonds. Governor Tiff Macklem provided details on what he called central bank’s “monetary policy for the recovery.” Macklem reiterated the bank intends to bring its bond purchases ...

Bloomberg UniCredit SpA is seeking to renegotiate a five-year-old deal with Amundi SA to distribute asset management products, in a further sign of Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel’s drive to reshape Italy’s second-largest lender. Orcel aims to improve the terms of an accord stemming from the purchase by the French asset manager of UniCredit’s Pioneer Global Asset Management unit that’s ...

Bloomberg Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Weligamage Don Lakshman will step down on September 14 as the nation faces a deepening forex crisis that threatens its ability to import goods and service debt. His announcement comes as the South Asian island nation faces dwindling reserves and revenues, looming debt repayments and struggles with an extended lockdown to stem record ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co was handed a fresh regulatory action and a $250 million fine over its lack of progress addressing long-standing problems, the first such sanction under Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Charlie Scharf. The penalty adds to the more than $5 billion in fines and legal settlements that the firm has paid over the last five years tied ...

Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc (StanChart) opened a desk to trade natural gas and carbon following a record-breaking run for both commodities. The so-called energy transition desk began operating last month, Standard Chartered said. Prices for gas have soared on a lack of supply, with carbon permits following suit as utilities switch to cheaper — but dirtier — coal-fed power plants. ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG has just completed its first green repurchase agreement, marking another foray into a world of increasingly complex ESG instruments. It’s the latest example of product proliferation in a market that’s moving much faster than regulators. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has already said it plans to attach environmental, social and governance labels to all forms of finance, ...

Bloomberg Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) board has approved plans to raise 60 billion rupees ($816 million) through sale of bonds. The New Delhi-based lender, which has been hit by a slew of scandals of the past years, can raise funds by issuing one or more tranches of Additional Tier 1 or Tier 2 notes that comply with Basel III capital norms, ...

Bloomberg A smaller-than-forecast rate hike doesn’t mean the Russian central bank is turning dovish, with inflation at its fastest pace in half a decade. While quarter-point increase marks a return to more standard rate moves after July’s 100 basis point hike, Governor Elvira Nabiullina said it’s not a given that the next rate raise will end the central bank’s tightening ...