Bloomberg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) plans to set aside C$850 million ($628 million) to cover damages in a lawsuit with Cerberus Capital Management LP that it’s still fighting. The after-tax provision will reduce the bank’s Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio by about 30 basis points, the Toronto-based bank said. CIBC reiterated that it plans to appeal ...

  Bloomberg Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) capital-markets unit was the top arranger of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Canada in 2022, eking out two significant deals in a year when plunging equity prices all but froze the market for companies seeking to sell shares for the first time. Canadian companies undertook 112 IPOs with a total value of C$1.82 billion ...

Bloomberg The strong appetite for Southeast Asia stocks seen over the past year is starting to ebb as the reopening of China draws global funds to cheaper northern markets. An analysis of Asian mutual fund positions in November by HSBC Holdings Plc showed they cut exposure to the biggest overweight markets of Indonesia and Singapore, while increasing allocations to Taiwan ...