BLOOMBERG Nippon Life Insurance Co expects the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will adjust its yield-curve control policy in June and will accelerate the purchase of local bond holdings when it does so, according to its annual allocation plan. The central bank will allow benchmark yields trade in a range of 1% around zero, compared to a current cap of 0.5%, …

BLOOMBERG Chinese President Xi Jinping told Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the only way to achieve peace for Ukraine is through negotiations with Russia. In their first conversation since the Russian invasion last year, Xi also told the Ukrainian leader that China will send an envoy to visit Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said the nearly one-hour conversation was an “important dialogue.” The talks …

BLOOMBERG President Joe Biden launched the first television ad of his newly launched reelection campaign on Wednesday, backed by a first-week expenditure of more than $250,000 — mostly in six battleground states. The 90-second ad — extraordinarily long in modern television advertising — comes 24 hours after making his candidacy official with an online video. The paid ad echoes many …