Bloomberg Discovery Ltd, South Africa’s third-largest insurer by market value, said it has set up a partnership with Japan’s Sumitomo Life Insurance Co and SoftBank Group Corp to develop and introduce products for the world’s third-largest economy. Discovery’s Vitality program, which rewards members for exercising and eating healthy, will be introduced through Sumitomo and use SoftBank’s technological and digital …

  Bloomberg India’s market regulator is forecasting initial public offerings to reach a record in the year ending March, as improved corporate governance standards and an equities rally attracts investors. Twenty one first-time sales raised 49.4 billion rupees (US$735 million) in the quarter ended June, more than in any comparable period since 2010, data compiled. Eighteen offerings seeking 61 billion …

  Bloomberg U.S. stocks rose, sending the S&P 500 Index to a record, and the dollar strengthened as speculation mounted that central banks from Japan to Europe won’t be in a rush to add to unprecedented stimulus. Emerging-market assets and commodities retreated. The S&P 500 capped a fourth weekly gain as a preponderance of earnings reports topped estimates. Verizon Communications …