Banking

Bloomberg Japan’s largest bank will rebuild its 40-year-old headquarters in Tokyo’s financial district as the lender prepares for a post-Covid world that will also see some compliance roles shift to India. The new building will “significantly reduce” facility expenses for the financial group by bringing together about 19,000 workers who are currently located in nine different locations across the downtown ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank kept its key policy instruments unchanged Tuesday following the cooling of a global bond selloff and as the impact of record-low interest rates on asset markets comes into focus. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe and his board held the cash rate and three-year yield target at 0.10% and made no changes to the ...

Bloomberg Singapore once again warned the public about the risks of trading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, a market that while relatively small in the city-state surged in significance over the past year. “Cryptocurrencies can be highly volatile, as their value is typically not related to any economic fundamentals,” Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said in response ...

Bloomberg China’s financial regulators plan to impose additional capital requirements on the nation’s systemically important banks, seeking to curb risks and safeguard stability of the $49 trillion industry. Banks considered too big to fail will be put into five categories and face a surcharge of between 0.25% and 1.5% on top of the mandatory capital adequacy ratios, the People’s Bank ...

Bloomberg Commerzbank AG will post a restructuring charge of 470 million euros ($550 million) in the first quarter for its job-cuts program, adding to about a billion euros of related costs booked previously. The German lender is taking the charge to account for 1,700 job cuts agreed with the works council, it said in a statement. New Chief Executive Officer ...

Bloomberg S&P Global Ratings downgraded its outlook on Credit Suisse Group AG to negative from stable, as the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management crisis impacts the Swiss bank’s debt and shares. Credit Suisse is one of the most exposed banks to the family office of former hedge fund manager Bill Hwang, with potential losses from the unwinding of positions ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co., the US bank with the largest workforce, is making plans to bring its employees back into offices in September. The company, which has about 200,000 employees working from home, is extending that arrangement through September 6, and aims to return to a “more normal operating model” that month, according to a memo from Chief Executive ...

Bloomberg The Indian rupee, Asia’s best-performing currency in March, is going to slide right back to levels last seen in the depths of the pandemic meltdown, according to Parul Mittal Sinha at Standard Chartered Plc. The currency will drop towards 76.5 to a dollar — about 4% weaker than current levels — by the end of the year, said the ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) said the 1,800 new graduates it’s hiring will be trained online, but are likely to work in offices. Virtual training and orientation, including any licensing needed, will begin in July for the bank’s campus hires, with the aim of having new employees at offices in October, Bank of America said. In-office assignments will depend ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG paid one of the largest fee shares ever to banks managed by women, minorities and veterans for helping oversee its bond sale, as diverse firms take on more significant roles in debt offerings. Over 60% of the deal’s fees, or about $1.1 million, were split among a group of 11 banks including joint lead managers Academy ...