Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG confirmed it faces a higher capital requirement as its main regulator pushes lenders to dial back the risks they face in the lucrative business of leveraged finance. The German lender must hold common equity Tier 1 capital equivalent to 10.55% of its risk-weighted assets this year, up from 10.43% at the end of September, it …

  Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said additional measures are needed to curb rising expectations of future prices and return inflation to the 2% goal. “Our monthly surveys of firms and households are showing a significant increase in long-term inflation expectations,” Nagel said in an interview with the Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen. The ECB …

  Bloomberg While China stock bulls had another miserable year, their fortunes may finally improve in 2023 if the nation’s abrupt reopening from the Covid-19 restrictions eventually leads to a robust economic recovery. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which tracks Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong, just suffered a third straight year of declines, a record losing streak since …