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Yes Bank falls as India central bank censures selective disclosure

Bloomberg Yes Bank Ltd. fell after India’s central bank reprimanded it for selectively revealing a “confidential” report by the regulator that led to a 30 percent surge in the lender’s shares. The regulator called the disclosure a “deliberate attempt” to mislead the public. The risk assessment report on Yes Bank prepared by the Reserve Bank of India identified several lapses ...

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Deutsche Bank investor sold stock at double market price

Bloomberg When HNA Group Co. became Deutsche Bank AG’s top shareholder in early 2017, the German lender’s shares were trading near two-year highs and the fledgling Chinese airline was voicing ambitions of turning into a big player on Wall Street. Then both firms ran into roadblocks. HNA has since lost its seemingly insatiable appetite for growth, embarking on a selling ...

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DBS’s wealthy clients resume trading

Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s chief executive said rich clients are getting more active in trading again, recovering from fourth-quarter turmoil that caused a slump at its wealth management unit. “People just froze” because of the equity market sell-off late last year, Piyush Gupta said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Monday, soon after his bank reported a 10 ...

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ECB could change rates guidance, says Villeroy

Bloomberg The slowdown of the European economy is “significant” and the European Central Bank could change its interest-rates guidance if it becomes clear the situation isn’t temporary, Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said. The extent of the weakness at the end of 2018 has taken policy makers by surprise, with Italy entering recession and Germany narrowly avoiding the ...

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Deutsche Bank reverses pledge to help distressed homeowners

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG has decided that none of the more than $4 billion it promised to spend on consumer relief after the global mortgage crisis will go to distressed US homeowners, according to a report by the monitor of the 2017 settlement. Instead, the consumer-relief money will be spent on originating new loans, according to the February 13 report ...

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StanChart, BNP among banks to be added to Aramco bond

Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc and BNP Paribas SA are among about a dozen banks likely to be added as co-managers for Saudi Aramco’s landmark international bond sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. Two Japanese lenders — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group Inc. — as well as Samba Financial Group and Gulf International Bank BSC are ...

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Italian state bank mulls doubling Telecom Italia stake

Bloomberg The Italian state lender that’s backing Elliott Management Corp. in a battle for the future of Telecom Italia SpA is considering doubling its stake in the former phone monopoly, people familiar with the matter said. Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA was authorized by its board to buy as much as 10 percent of Telecom Italia’s stock if a management ...

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Greece set to subsidise mortgage payments to tackle bad loan crisis

Bloomberg Greece plans to pump as much as 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) into its banks over the next five years by subsidizing a part of households’ mortgage repayments. Under the plan, some households unable to repay their home loans will restructure their debts with the banks, with the state then paying part of the remaining monthly installments, according to ...

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ECB moves closer to inject fresh stimulus in euro-area economy

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) took a step closer to injecting fresh stimulus into the weakening euro-area economy as one of its top policy makers said discussions are under way on offering banks new long-term loans. The comments by Benoit Coeure, the ECB Executive Board member in charge of markets, provided the strongest signal yet that euro-area policy makers ...

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India’s Yes Bank under fire from regulator over breaches

Bloomberg Yes Bank Ltd. came under fire from the Reserve Bank of India, which said its selective disclosures from an audit report by the regulator was a “deliberate attempt” to mislead the public. The risk assessment report on Yes Bank prepared by the RBI identified several lapses and regulatory breaches in various areas of functioning, the company said in a ...

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