Bloomberg Mark Carney is tying the Bank of England’s next interest-rate shift to the success of Brexit negotiations. After raising interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, the governor said the pending divorce from the European Union is the main risk to the outlook, aggravating existing weaknesses that have hobbled the economy and holding back potential …

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. made the legal leap required to untangle what US clients are charged for research and trading, bringing to America a version of the changes being forced on markets in Europe. Its Merrill Lynch unit added the firm’s research department to an existing investment adviser registration late on Thursday, according to a document on the US …

Bloomberg Italian bank executives and central bankers, take note: people trust you less and less. Just 16 percent of Italians have confidence in the country’s lenders, down from an already meager 17 percent in June, according to a poll by the SWG research group of Trieste. Only 24 percent trust the Bank of Italy, plunging from 36 percent in June. …