Bloomberg From Washington to Mumbai, central bankers are finding their policy decisions gummed up by a potential British exit from the European union. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen became the highest-profile monetary policy maker to speak out this week, when she warned a so-called Brexit would have “significant economic repercussions,” a concern echoed by counterparts including Reserve Bank of …

  Bloomberg Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd raised US$1 billion with the first offshore sale by an Aussie bank of hybrid bonds that qualify as additional tier 1 capital under the current regulatory regime. The perpetual contingent convertible securities, which can be called by the issuer from June 2026 onward, were priced in the US currency market at …

  BLOOMBERG India’s privately owned banks are extending new loans faster than their state-run rivals for the first time ever, as government lenders struggle to bring surging bad loans under control. New credit from private lenders amounted to 3.5 trillion rupees (US$52.4 billion) in the year to March 31, taking their outstanding advances to 17.9 trillion rupees, while state banks’ …