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Human bankers lose to robots as Nordea sets a new standard

Bloomberg Something interesting happened in Swedish finance last quarter. The only big bank that managed to cut costs also happens to be behind one of the industry’s boldest plans to replace humans with automation. Nordea Bank AB, whose Chief Executive Officer Casper von Koskull says his industry might only have half its current human workforce a decade from now, is ...

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Credit Suisse moves 50 ‘banking’ jobs to Madrid

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is moving 50 investment banking jobs to Madrid as part of its Brexit planning, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Swiss lender is relocating bankers at its Global Markets trading division and dealmakers from its advisory unit, the people said, asking not to be identified because the decision is private. The firm ...

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BOJ steps in to buy unlimited bonds again

Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) offered to buy an unlimited amount of bonds for a third time in a week after the benchmark 10-year yield rose to an almost 18-month high ahead of the central bank’s policy decision on Tuesday. The offer, made at 0.1 percent for the five-to-10 year maturities, drew some 1.6 trillion yen ($14.4 billion) of ...

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