Bloomberg The Bank of Korea left its key interest rate unchanged as inflation remains below target and the nation’s currency trades near a multi-year high. The unanimous decision to keep the seven-day repurchase rate at 1.5 percent, in the next-to-last rate decision before Governor Lee Ju-yeol’s term ends in March, was forecast by all 17 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second-largest bank, plans to increase its bonus pool for last year as the lender makes progress on its three-year restructuring plan, two people familiar with the plans said. The pool may increase by a low single-digit percentage, but is yet to be finalised, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified ...

BLoomberg Steinhoff International Holdings NV, the global retailer fighting to recover from an accounting scandal, sold its luxury Gulfstream 550 private jet to a US aircraft broker as it seeks to boost liquidity. The plane, with serial number 5113, was registered to Annapolis, Maryland-based Avpro Inc. on January 12, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration’s online records. The luxuriously ...