Bloomberg Red Kite, the world’s best-known metals hedge fund, reached a settlement with Barclays Plc over claims traders at the bank engaged in abusive trading and manipulated copper prices on the London Metal Exchange. The financial terms of the agreement will not be publicly disclosed, according to a statement. Red Kite had previously said actions by Barclays traders cost it …

Bloomberg US banks think a Wall Street revival is coming. Executives cited a good start to April and the expectation of several large initial public offerings in coming months to offer hope after a rough start to 2019 for their capital-markets businesses. The five largest Wall Street firms’ trading and investment banking revenue both fell in back-to-back quarters, the first …

Bloomberg South Korea’s central bank cut its economic growth and inflation forecasts and left its key interest rate unchanged as the nation’s export-dependent economy faces rising risks. BOK Governor Lee Ju-yeol said the gross domestic product was now expected to grow 2.5 percent and inflation to register 1.1 percent in 2019. Those marked downgrades from forecasts of 2.6 percent and …