Bloomberg Canada’s current account surplus came in much less than expected, as rising oil profits to foreign investors offset a surge in energy revenue. The country ran a current account surplus of C$2.7 billion ($2.1 billion) in the second quarter, Statistics Canada reported, well short of the C$6.8 billion projected by economists. The agency also cut its estimate for ...

  Bloomberg In a year where initial public offerings (IPOs) globally have slumped by more than two-thirds, one would expect the summer break to be especially quiet. Not so in Asia, where stock listings have notched their second-highest August haul on record. First-time share sales in the Asia Pacific region totaled $14.9 billion this month, data compiled by Bloomberg show. ...

  Bloomberg Japan’s financial regulator proposed easing corporate tax rules for crypto assets as well as lighter levies for individual stock investors in support of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s efforts to reinvigorate the economy. Companies should be exempted from paying taxes for paper gains on crypto coins that they hold after issuing them, the regulator proposed in its annual tax-code ...