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Bloomberg Societe Generale SA fell short of a pledge to pay out half of its underlying profit to shareholders, even after its fixed-income traders handed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frederic Oudea a bigger-than-expected profit. Revenue from buying and selling fixed-income products and currencies jumped 56% in the fourth quarter, beating analysts’ estimates as well as all main rivals so far. ...

  Bloomberg ABN Amro Bank NV reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ expectations as the Dutch lender restrained costs and announced a $536 million share buyback. Net income of €354 million in the three months through December compared with expectations for profit of €55.1 million, with the result aided by a combination of lower loss provisions and operating expenses, according ...

  Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA plans to buy back €5 billion ($5.4 billion) of shares after the sale of its US unit, and raised its profitability targets as traders posted a quarter that beat many Wall Street peers. The Paris-based bank is set to distribute about €4 billion related to the sale of Bank of the West and €962 million ...

  Bloomberg India’s central bank (RBI) slowed the pace of interest-rate increases while keeping the door open for further policy tightening to curb core inflation. The RBI’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 4-2 to raise benchmark repurchase rate by a widely expected quarter-point to 6.50%, slowing from the 35 basis-point hike in December. The panel also retained its stance of withdrawing ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is delaying a much-anticipated compensation day for some of its bankers, further straining its relationship with employees as it restructures its Wall Street operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The bankers — mainly at managing director or director level — were notified that meetings set for February 7 have been cancelled, pushing back ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) is seeking more women in management roles to diversify its leadership from the all-male team it currently has. Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said 35% of senior managers are female at the moment, up from 20% in 2014. The central bank is targeting up to 44% by 2028. The BOE is currently led by Governor ...

  Bloomberg Chinese banks are touting a wide variety of retail lending products as authorities need a pickup in consumer spending to create a more solid foundation for the world’s second largest economy. Lenders including Bank of China Ltd. and China Construction Bank Corp. are offering preferential interest rates and incentives such as gift cards on e-commerce platforms to lure ...

  Bloomberg Nomura Holdings will give its employees in Japan bigger pay raises starting in April, citing intensifying competition for talent and faster inflation. Employees excluding executives will get a slightly larger raise than the roughly 3% average of the past few years, Japan’s largest brokerage said in a statement on Tuesday. A growing number of Japanese firms have signalled ...

  Bloomberg Japan stepped into the foreign exchange market three times in total last year, according to a fuller picture of the government’s latest intervention strategy to counter the yen’s historic fall. The Ministry of Finance conducted currency interventions on October 21 and 24, according to the daily operational report for the quarter ended December released by the ministry on ...

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley has appointed two senior investment bankers in Singapore to new roles as it beefs up its Southeast Asia franchise. Ronald Ong has been named chairman of Southeast Asia, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. David Aronovitch becomes chief executive officer of the region, overseeing businesses including investment banking, the memo shows. A spokesperson for ...