Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG’s longtime top shareholder Harris Associates slashed its stake by about half, in a sign of wavering confidence on the latest turnaround plan of the troubled Swiss lender. The US investment firm, which last year still held a stake of about 10%, saw its holding fall to about 5% as of the end of last year, …

  Bloomberg The Bank of Korea (BOK) is set to raise its key interest rate one more time, with policymakers then seen bringing their 18-month tightening cycle to a close amid rising concerns about the economic outlook. Eleven of 16 economists surveyed expect the central bank will hike the benchmark to 3.5%, while the remaining five expect it to hold at …

  Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Mario Centeno said increases in borrowing costs must persist until inflation is on a sustainable path to officials’ 2% target. Despite moderating for two straight months, price gains are “still too high,” Centeno told lawmakers in Lisbon, where he heads Portugal’s central bank. “How can we respond to this problem?” Centeno …