Barclays Plc plans to hire more than 1,000 staff in the coming weeks to help consumers manage their finances through the looming downturn, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) C.S. Venkatakrishnan. The British bank follows similar moves by HSBC Holdings Plc and Virgin Money UK Plc as consumers struggle with the fastest price rises in four decades coupled with high …

The latest tumble in Hong Kong stocks puts at risk of losses the around $15 billion of complicated structured products linked to that market that have mostly been sold to retail investors in South Korea. As of September, $14.8 billion of equities-linked securities products, or ELS, tied to Hang Seng China Enterprises Index had yet to mature, according to the …

US equity futures fall as megacap technology shares slumped in pre-market trading, marring a three-day rally on Wall Street and raising new doubts over whether this year’s $5.5 trillion selloff is nearing a bottom. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 fell more than 1% after disappointing quarterly updates from Microsoft Corp., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. S&P 500 …