Bloomberg Computerised trading firm XTX Markets Ltd. has come from out of nowhere to dethrone major banks including Deutsche Bank AG in the rankings of the world’s biggest spot currency traders. The London-based proprietary trader is now the fourth-biggest trader, accounting for 7.6 percent of spot foreign exchange. It’s the first time an electronic specialist has displaced a bank ...

  Bloomberg Sberbank PJSC reported record first-quarter profit, better than analyst estimates, as provisions and financing costs declined. Net income rose to 118 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) from 30.6 billion rubles in the first quarter last year, Russia’s biggest lender said in a statement on Wednesday. That was better than the average estimate of 102 billion rubles from six analysts ...

  Bloomberg UniCredit SpA’s decision to replace Chief Executive Officer Federico Ghizzoni after almost six years at the helm paves the way for a strategy review that may include a capital increase and asset sales, according to analysts. Ghizzoni will depart once a successor has been chosen, the Milan-based bank said in a statement. Chairman Giuseppe Vita will lead the ...