Bloomberg Elevated commodity prices and expectations for earnings growth are igniting bullish bets on emerging-market equities after more than a decade of underperformance that left them approaching a 20-year low against developed-nation stocks. Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America Corp (BofA) and Lazard Asset Management expect a boost for developing equities as investors capitalise on cheap valuations once vaccine rollouts …

Bloomberg China’s digital yuan will help banks become more competitive in the payments sector after steadily losing out to popular technology platforms over the years, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “We expect adoption of e-CNY to help reinforce banks’ position in the payments system because it will enhance their data collection ability and broaden their user bases,” analysts led by …

Bloomberg UBS Group AG’s wealthy Asian clients are pouring billions of dollars into sustainable assets as the region’s swelling ranks of millionaires jump on a global push into socially responsible investing. Assets under management in fully sustainable discretionary portfolios for Asia-Pacific private banking jumped to $4.5 billion as of the end June, up from $1 billion at the start of …