Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is cutting onshore sales and derivatives coverage in individual markets across Asia-Pacific as part of a restructuring of its equities business in the region, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move will involve unspecified staff reductions, the person said, requesting anonymity because the changes haven’t been announced. The German bank plans to focus ...

Bloomberg Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel signalled that the interest-rate hike was not aimed at defending the rupee. Analysts say that the move will still provide the much-needed support to the currency. For HSBC Holdings Plc and Nomura Holdings Inc., it bolsters the RBI’s credentials on the inflation-fighting front, which they say will have a rub-off effect on ...

Bloomberg The new global head of macro research at Nordea Bank AB says it’s now clear that the extreme monetary policies that followed the global financial crisis are making the rich richer and everyone else more indebted. Kristin Magnusson Bernard, who used to work with financial stability at the European Central Bank, says the lessons learned from cutting interest rates ...