Bloomberg The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has asked banks in the city for details of their loans to HNA Group Co. and Dalian Wanda Group Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Lenders were required to submit a survey to the city’s de facto central bank providing information such as total credit extended and outstanding loans to the …

Bloomberg Mario Draghi won’t miss the opportunity to mention the euro’s recent appreciation as he prepares to reconfigure the euro area’s stimulus settings, economists say. The European Central Bank president will express concern about the currency’s strength, a Bloomberg survey shows. While he declined to address the exchange rate last month at his appearance in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 67 percent …

Bloomberg Now that worries Italian banks will suffer a meltdown have subsided, lenders need to persuade investors they can make money. Both optimistic buyers and more skeptical investors, gathered on the shores of Lake Como for the annual Ambrosetti Forum, agree that momentum for bank shares will depend mainly on an acceleration of economic growth and higher interest rates, while …