Bloomberg After a decade of being regulators’ favourite target, the world’s biggest banks now pose less of a risk to the economy than before the financial crisis, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in its latest quarterly review, which was released Sunday. At the same time, these banks became less critical to the overall financial system, it ...

Bloomberg Bangladesh stocks headed for the biggest gain in 17 months after lenders were allowed to borrow from the central bank to invest in equities. Bangladesh Bank allowed commercial banks to borrow at 6 percent using repurchase agreements, it said in a statement. The DSE Broad Index jumped as much as 2.3 percent in Dhaka, set for the biggest jump ...

Bloomberg A made-in-Zurich banking drama spilled out into the open after it emerged that ex-top Credit Suisse Group AG banker Iqbal Khan had been shadowed by the lender, leading to a confrontation in broad daylight in the Swiss financial capital. The private banker, hired by crosstown rival UBS Group AG last month, was followed by detectives trying to establish if ...