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Banks take €233.5 billion in ECB free loans with QE exit in mind

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank gave euro-area banks 233.5 billion euros in its last offer of free long-term cash, the largest net amount since the program was launched. Banks’ interest in Targeted Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO) — four-year loans at a rate that starts at zero and could go lower — increased as the economic recovery spurs calls for ...

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Yes Bank to choose BofA, CLSA for $750mn share sale

  Bloomberg Yes Bank Ltd., the Indian lender that scrapped a $1 billion equity offering last year, has picked Bank of America Corp. and CLSA Ltd. to arrange another attempt at an institutional share sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. The lender, backed by billionaire Rana Kapoor, plans to seek as much as $750 million including a so-called ...

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Credit Suisse boosts bonuses despite annual loss

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG increased its bonus pool 6 percent, defying a trend toward smaller payouts at many of its peers in an effort to prevent an exodus of talent from its investment banking and Asian operations. The bank awarded 3.09 billion francs ($3.1 billion) in incentive pay for 2016, according to its annual report, even as charges ...

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