Bloomberg Caught in the crossfire between Washington and Beijing, HSBC Holdings Plc is fighting forces that threaten to upend a business built on connecting China to the West. Chairman Mark Tucker is overseeing a sweeping review of HSBC’s US and European operations with an eye towards unloading businesses beyond repair, as doubts grow that 35,000 job cuts announced in February …

Bloomberg An independent panel backed an African Development Bank (AfDB) probe that found no evidence of wrongdoing by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. The finding enables Adesina, 60, to seek re-election next month as head of the continent’s biggest multilateral lender for another five years. It’s also a rebuff to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, whose rejection of the AfDB ethics …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG invested nearly $100 million in Ant Group during its last funding round, according to people familiar with the matter, setting the Swiss bank up for a potential windfall as the Chinese internet giant prepares to go public. The Zurich-based lender, a frequent adviser on deals across Jack Ma’s empire, made the equity investment during Ant’s …