Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc’s Steven Major is starting to show a little less conviction on two of his big investment calls of recent years: bullish Treasuries and bearish credit. The shift comes as traders shaken by weeks of turbulence across asset classes regain their footing. In European credit markets, the biggest high-grade sell-off in more than two years has created ...

Bloomberg Banks responsible for about half of India’s internal trade have joined a consortium that aims to introduce blockchain technology in order to speed up processes and reduce hurdles to approving new loans. Fourteen local banks have signed up for the India Trade Connect consortium, which hired the Bengaluru-based software firm Infosys Ltd. to develop a blockchain platform for loans ...

Bloomberg UBS Group AG’s asset-management head Ulrich Koerner is adding job cuts to a raft of initiatives intended to turn around the 792 billion-franc ($807 billion) business. The Swiss bank is trimming jobs as it focusses on growth in China and lower-margin passive and sustainable investing, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The unit eliminated at least 100 ...