Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says economic conditions at home and abroad ‘had been more positive since 2016,’ according to minutes of this month’s policy meeting where interest rates were left unchanged. National accounts indicated private non-mining business investment increased in the June quarter to be almost 10% higher than at the start of 2016. Public consumption had …

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc’s former head of currency trading in London made at least $500,000 in commissions by front-running a multi-billion-dollar deal that betrayed the bank’s duty to its client, according to US prosecutors. The allegations, made in court documents handed out at the start of a two-day hearing, form part of the US government’s petition to extradite Stuart Scott …

Bloomberg Some Qatari banks are becoming less willing to sell dollars to foreign lenders amid a lingering regional standoff with a Saudi-led alliance, according to people familiar with the matter. Foreign exchange activity between local and international banks is almost at a standstill, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The central bank is …