Bloomberg One week after Nordea Bank AB said it will cut 6,000 jobs in a digital bet, a key investor says the rest of the industry would do well to watch and learn. Sampo Oyj, Nordea’s biggest owner with about one-fifth of its stock, says digital adequacy is overtaking capital adequacy as a top consideration for investors. “In the Nordics, ...

Bloomberg China’s central bank moved to stabilize money supply, capping a week that began with a bond rout and more than 1 trillion yuan ($151 billion) of loans due to mature. The People’s Bank of China offered 404 billion yuan of one-year funds under the Medium-Term Lending Facility, compared with 207 billion yuan of maturities, according to a statement on ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE’s design market will reach $36bn in 2019, fuelled by architects and interior designers leveraging innovations to enhance the experience, experts announced ahead of The Big 5 in Dubai. Boosted by innovative architecture and interior design projects, the UAE’s design market will grow by 13 percent from $32 billion in 2017 to reach a record-high ...