Bloomberg Australia’s banking probe could see job cuts in the finance and real estate sectors equivalent to losses during the 2008 global financial crisis, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPMorgan analysts led by Sally Auld see three main channels for the Royal Commission to exert influence on the Australian economy: tighter lending standards and slower credit growth; wealth effects …

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s new chief executive officer pledged to keep the struggling lender “strong” in Asia even as he prepares to overhaul operations worldwide. “We can only be relevant to our clients if we continue to be strong in Asia,” CEO Christian Sewing said on Monday at an investor forum in Singapore on his first visit to the region …

Bloomberg The pound may have sold off into the Bank of England meeting but its recent drop is bringing back the bulls. Sterling slid almost 6 percent in the three weeks leading up to the May BOE policy announcement, as traders slashed bets on a hike in borrowing costs. Now they’ve been proven right as the central bank opted to …