Bloomberg K. Balasubramanian, group head for corporate banking at HDFC Bank Ltd., is leaving India’s most valuable bank to return to his previous employer Citigroup Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Balasubramanian, 46, will join the corporate banking team as a Mumbai-based managing director for the New York-based lender, the people said. Representatives for both banks declined to ...

Bloomberg A planned shake up of Australia’s consumer price index could result in a significant paring of inflation expectations. Westpac Banking Corp. economist Justin Smirk has run the numbers on how the statistics bureau could revise its inflation basket to bring it up to speed with the latest spending patterns and technological changes. Lower core inflation could keep benchmark rates ...

Bloomberg A longtime Morgan Stanley broker and financial adviser pleaded not guilty to trading on secret tips about pending mergers and acquisitions leaked by a Bank of America Corp. consultant. Michael Siva, 55, got the information from a close friend, James Moodhe, whose daughter was dating the consultant at the centre of the case, Daniel Rivas, prosecutors said in an ...