Bloomberg The pound rose to its highest since September as weak inflation data in the U.S. weighed on the dollar, while traders are increasingly betting on tighter monetary policy in the U.K. Sterling, which crossed $1.30 and rose against all of its major peers, has largely defied signs that the UK economy is slowing, with some Bank of England policy …

Bloomberg South Africa’s central bank will persist in seeking a court order to set aside an instruction from the nation’s anti-graft ombudsman that its mandate must be changed, even after Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she won’t oppose the regulator’s application. In a report last month, Mkhwebane instructed the legislature to start a process to amend the nation’s constitution to …

Bloomberg UniCredit SpA and Koc Holding AS are weighing a capital increase of about $1 billion for their Turkish venture Yapi & Kredi Bankasi AS to strengthen its buffers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. UniCredit, which together with Koc owns 82 percent of the Turkish bank, wants to carry out the fundraising by the end of the …