Karachi / AFP Pakistan’s national flag carrier said it has raised $130 million in fresh financing from a banking consortium, as the airline staggers under the weight of earlier loans totalling more than $3 billion. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said in a statement the financing facility was arranged by Pakistan’s United Bank Limited (UBL) and Credit Suisse Singapore as …

  Bloomberg Weak global growth and uncertainty over interest rates are among rising ‘headwinds’ that threaten to drag on Singaporean banking profits, according to the city’s central bank. The potential for spillover from vulnerabilities in China’s financial system into Asia and anti-globalization sentiment are also among challenges highlighted in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s annual assessment of the financial sector …

  Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and Bank of Singapore, Asia’s largest home-grown private banks, will consider more acquisitions as they grapple for a bigger slice of business from the region’s growing number of millionaires. DBS would look at any deal that fits with its strategy and is at the “right” price, the bank’s consumer and wealth head Tan Su …