Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) added a digit to its odometer to read 1,000,000,000,000. Euros, not kilometers. That’s the amount of excess liquidity now sloshing through the financial system — equivalent to almost 3,000 euros ($3,360) for each of the 340 million people in the 19-nation region. The money is created by the ECB through a program of …

  Bloomberg Poland favours government-controlled insurer PZU SA as the buyer for Bank Pekao SA, the country’s second-largest bank held by Italy’s UniCredit SpA, with the price representing the main hurdle, Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha said. Speaking to Bloomberg at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Italy, Szalamacha said his government backs a possible deal but insisted this was up to …

  Bloomberg One of Hong Kong’s potentially most lucrative initial public offerings in recent years has bankers facing some difficult choices. Anbang Insurance Group Co., known for its aborted $14 billion attempt to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., has asked investment banks to pitch for roles on an IPO of its life insurance assets. While the recent dearth …