Banking

Bloomberg Danske Bank A/S has built a capital buffer of as much as $2.7 billion to absorb potential fines as it deals with the fallout of its role in one of Europe’s worst ever money laundering scandals. Acting Chief Executive Officer Jesper Nielsen says the amount “significantly” exceeds what Denmark’s regulator has ordered Danske to hold in connection with the ...

Bloomberg Mark Carney defended the publication of the Bank of England’s Brexit scenarios, telling Parliament that the institution couldn’t hold back its analysis once lawmakers had asked for it. The BOE had released a report on PM Theresa May’s deal and other Brexit outcomes. Its worst-case scenario for a chaotic exit sees the economy shrinking by 8 percent within a ...

Bloomberg Barclays Plc’s plan to quickly move European business to Dublin in preparation for Brexit is one of the most ambitious yet and gaining plaudits from regulators, according to people familiar with the talks. The UK lender plans to book almost half its EU-related trading risk within the bloc by the time the UK leaves, according to people familiar with ...

Bloomberg Federal Reserve officials have stepped off a predictable path of interest-rate increases and are signalling to investors a hard truth about relying on increasingly contradictory economic data: There are no easy answers anymore. It’s going to be choppy. It’s going to bring more surprises. And it may get rough on those trying to track the central bank’s strategy. A ...

Bloomberg As Danske Bank A/S is investigated for money laundering, a key question remains whether it was used by anyone on US sanctions lists. Denmark’s biggest bank has so far said there’s no evidence sanctions were breached. But it’s also acknowledged that the risk can’t be ruled out. Last week, Danish police filed the first criminal charges against Danske, zeroing ...

Bloomberg The Australian central bank’s (RBA) lackluster wage-growth outlook indicates it may have to leave interest rates on hold even beyond 2020. Annual pay rises won’t get above around 2.75 percent for at least the next two years, the Reserve Bank projects. That’s about 1 percentage point less than the wage growth levels achieved when it last began raising rates ...

Bloomberg Pakistan devalued its currency for the fifth time this year as the nation negotiates a bail-out with the International Monetary Fund. The rupee fell 3.8 percent to 139 per dollar at close from 133.9. The rupee has erased more than a fifth of its value to become the worst performer in Asia this year, according to a basket of ...

Bloomberg For most of Asia’s central banks, things should be a whole lot less exciting next year, and that’s a good thing. As the US Federal Reserve looks towards topping off its interest-rate hike cycle, even those policy makers in the region who haven’t followed the tightening path should be in position to keep policy steady, according to Deyi Tan, ...

Bloomberg Banks from Greece to Italy that are struggling to get rid of a mountain of bad loans may soon get some help from European Union lawmakers. A bill that’s nearing the finish line in Brussels would soften the capital hit banks usually face when they sell non-performing loans at a loss. That could give a boost to Italian lenders, ...

Bloomberg UniCredit SpA paid a high price to close a $3 billion bond sale in a stressed market and the big winner looks to be Pacific Investment Management Co. Pimco was the sole buyer of the bank’s surprise sale of five-year bonds, two people with knowledge of the transaction said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. ...