Bloomberg Top executives from the UK and US’s largest banks have set up a group to foster closer ties in financial services between the two countries after Britain leaves the European Union, according to two people familiar with the matter. TheCityUK, the industry lobby group, has created a steering committee led by managers at Barclays Plc and JPMorgan Chase ...

  Bloomberg Myanmar’s largest privately-owned bank by assets says it’s willing to sell a stake to a foreign lender, pending a change in the country’s law, as it gears up to expand its operations in one of Asia’s most under-banked nations. “In any emerging market, capital is important,” said Nang Kham Noung, an executive director of KBZ Bank. “For us, ...

  Bloomberg One of the Bank of England’s (BOE) most vocal dissenters is moving on, just as Brexit’s surprises make alternative views more valuable. Kristin Forbes is leaving at the end of June to return to MIT, depriving the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee of a voice that’s consistently pushed against consensus. The American, who some say could be a potential ...