Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan’s largest bank, is expanding its aviation finance business into the Americas and hired Olivier Trauchessec to lead the push. Trauchessec, who previously worked at BNP Paribas SA, will report to Lance Markowitz, head of leasing and asset finance in the Americas, the bank said in a statement. “The addition of a New …

  Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA, France’s largest lender, reported third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as it benefited from a surge in fixed-income trading that has lifted bank earnings in Europe and the U.S. Net income rose 3.3 percent to 1.89 billion euros ($2.06 billion) from 1.83 billion euros a year earlier, the Paris-based bank said. That compares with the …

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG missed out on a bond-trading bonanza that fuelled third-quarter earnings at rivals as a slump in equities revenue sparked a 68 percent drop in pretax profit at the securities business. Revenue from equities trading fell 16 percent to 797 million Swiss francs ($802 million) from a year earlier, missing the average estimate of four analysts …