BLOOMBERG The Kremlin is opening up Vladimir Putin’s schedule around this year’s G-20 summit in India in September to make it possible for the Russian president to participate in the leaders’ gathering after skipping the last two, according to people familiar with the planning. Kremlin defiance is growing as efforts by the US and its allies to isolate Russia over …

BLOOMBERG Panic is spreading across the financial world as concerns about the financial stability of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) prompt prominent venture capitalists including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund to advise startups to withdraw their money. The turmoil followed a surprise announcement from Santa Clara, California-based SVB that it was issuing $2.25 billion of shares to bolster its capital position after …

BLOOMBERG Standard Bank Group Ltd, Africa’s biggest lender by assets, is ready to re-capitalise its Ghanaian unit after making provisions to cover more than half of its holdings in the nation’s debt. “It may become necessary for us to inject capital in that business and we will, at the appropriate time,” Chief Executive Officer Sim Tshabalala said in an interview. …