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Philippine peso looks to remittances to stem slide

Bloomberg The embattled Philippine peso needs a break and it may soon get one. More than 10 million overseas Filipinos are preparing to send record amounts of money home for the Christmas and New Year holidays — a period when remittances pick up — with analysts from MUFG Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Plc saying those funds will help ease ...

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Credit Suisse heralds calmer years ahead as restructuring ends

Bloomberg Tidjane Thiam is looking forward to things getting back to normal. In an interview with Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG said the bank is now targeting “business as usual” after years of restructuring. “Over the past three years we worked day and night to deal with our legacy from the ...

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Investec money manager seen as target after split from bank

Bloomberg After amassing 109 billion pounds ($143 billion) in assets within the belly of Investec Plc, Hendrik du Toit can now plot his own course as the money manager he founded splits from the banking group. For Investec Chief Executive Officer Stephen Koseff it is a bittersweet moment. He’s preparing to leave the company next month after 40 years of ...

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