Bloomberg Mizuho Financial Group Inc. wants to grow its business managing overseas corporate money by $100 billion this fiscal year, as it seeks new ways to boost international earnings at a time of negative interest rates at home. “We’re expanding with a focus on the cross-border transactions of non-Japanese corporations doing business in Asia,” Zenichi Tanakamaru, a senior vice president …

Bloomberg The Bank of England presented a fresh downbeat assessment of the UK economy, highlighting slower consumer spending and weak wage growth, reinforcing the view that an interest-rate increase is far from imminent. A report by the BOE’s regional agents published on Wednesday said that the initial impact of the weaker pound on prices may be almost done, goods-price inflation …

Bloomberg A gain from selling Asian private-banking assets and an expanding Dutch economy helped ABN Amro Group NV reinforce its capital position and more than double quarterly profit. Net income in the three months through June rose to $1.13 billion from 391 million euros a year earlier, the Amsterdam-based bank said on Wednesday. That beat the 762 million-euro average estimate …