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Kenya Central Bank says lenders face new era of lean profits

Bloomberg Kenyan lenders must adjust their business models to adapt to a new era of lower profits as interest-rate caps curb investor returns, Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge said. Return on equity in the Kenyan banking industry declined to 13.6 percent in March from 18.2 percent in June, Njoroge told reporters in the capital, Nairobi. For the country’s ...

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‘Citigroup enduring trading slump along with rivals’

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. traders are facing the same slowdown in client activity that’s dragging on revenue across U.S. investment banks this quarter, Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said. “We’re right in line with what the others have said,” Corbat told the audience at an investor conference in New York. He was referring to earlier remarks from senior JPMorgan Chase & ...

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ING moves trading jobs from Amsterdam to London

Bloomberg ING Groep NV will move about 43 trading jobs from Amsterdam to London, adding to a push started last year to centralize some financial markets operations in the UK capital. The Dutch bank plans to relocate global equity products, credit trading, e-trading and e-data analytics as well as some supporting activities, according to an internal memo to staff obtained ...

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