Banking

Bloomberg China’s ambitious $55 billion infrastructure project that’s underway throughout Pakistan is in danger of becoming a non-event for the South Asian nation’s banks. President Xi Jinping’s multi-billion dollar economic corridor, part of his ‘Belt and Road’ initiative, has been viewed as a game-changer for Pakistan. Yet while local banks are keenly waiting to get their share of the pie, ...

Bloomberg UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti is reviving investors’ expectations for a share buyback after the bank’s capital buffers rebounded and profit increased. The bank’s CET1 capital ratio rose to 13.7 percent in the three months through September, up from 13.5 percent in the second quarter. UBS has pledged to return at least half its net profit ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Boerse AG Chief Executive Officer Carsten Kengeter resigned amid growing shareholder pressure after he became embroiled in an insider-trading probe. The company also said it isn’t likely to meet its full-year earnings targets. The CEO will step down on December 31 “in order to allow the company to focus its energy back onto clients, business and growth and ...

Bloomberg Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc signalled it’s in a better position to handle its remaining legacy issues after posting stronger than expected capital ratios in the third quarter. The shares rose. The Edinburgh-based lender’s common equity Tier 1, a measure of financial resilience, jumped to 15.5 percent in the period from 14.8 percent at the end of June, ...

Bloomberg Firms such as Blackstone Group LP, Apollo Global Management LLC and Fortress Investment Group LLC are often slapped with the vaguely sinister label, shadow bank, because they provide financing but aren’t regulated like traditional lenders. President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department now says that’s downright unfair and wants global regulators to stop using the term when describing investment giants. “The ...

Bloomberg As markets cheer European Central Bank President Mario Draghi for keeping the exit from monetary stimulus wide open, the decision is sitting uneasily with some of his colleagues. A day after policy makers extended their bond-buying program for a third time and pledged to do yet more if needed, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann went public with his opposition by ...

Bloomberg Not everyone at the Bank of England will be on board with raising interest rates. While November 2 may see the UK’s first rate increase in more than a decade, economists surveyed by Bloomberg say three out of nine officials on the Monetary Policy Committee will vote against the move. That’s based on the median estimate from 24 responses. ...

Bloomberg Barclays Plc and the US Justice Department, engaged in a legal battle over the suspected fraudulent sale of mortgage securities a decade ago, have revived discussions about reaching an out-of-court settlement, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The Justice Department has responded in recent weeks to requests from the London-based bank to reopen negotiations, said the people, ...

Bloomberg UBS Group AG relied on its corporate finance business to boost profit for the investment bank in a tough quarter for trading. The division that advises companies on mergers and helps them with share and debt sales generated 35 percent more income in the three months through September. Landmark transactions supported the performance, UBS said, while stock-related activities contributed ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG was sued by Colin Fan, the former co-head of its investment banking unit, for at least 10 million pounds ($13 million) over unvested share awards the lender said were cancelled after a probe into personal trades that breached conflict-of-interest rules. Details about Fan’s case were disclosed in a short claim form from July and the lender’s ...