Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA has hired Gaurav Bathija from Citi Private Bank to be a managing director and senior relationship manager for South East Asia market, the latest in a series of hires by the French bank to boost its wealth and family office operations in Singapore. Bathija, who worked with Citi’s family office clients in Singapore, was head ...

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank’s (ECB) go-slow approach to starting interest-rate hikes is looking ever bolder at a time when most of its counterparts are tightening vigorously. At the end of a week punctuated by global increases in borrowing costs to quell inflation, including an accelerated half-point move by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England’s fourth ...

  Bloomberg Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey has said that he won’t take a pay rise this year after asking high earners to help keep inflation in check by holding off on making aggressive demands. The central bank chief, who receives total compensation well in excess of 500,000 pounds ($618,000), said he asked the court that sets executive ...