Bloomberg Investigations into money laundering at Danske Bank A/S should be expanded to include the lender’s possible use of gold as a way to help clients in Estonia hide their fortunes, according to Danish lawmakers. “Danske Bank has some explaining to do,” Torsten Schack Pedersen, a Liberal Party member on the parliament committee that oversees financial legislation, said by phone. …

Bloomberg A former Societe Generale SA (SocGen) banker fired over allegations he took secret information on a $10 billion chemical deal and shared it with a friend lost a second bid to get about 430,000 euros ($473,000) in compensation related to his dismissal. The Paris court of appeals rejected the claims by Stephane Fima, who was dismissed in 2016 for …

Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker Madis Muller said the central bank could broadened its asset-purchase programme, if the economic situation in the euro area deteriorates significantly. “Right now, we are doing unconventional things,” he told students at a Bundesbank event in Frankfurt. “You could — of course — imagine even more unconventional things if the situation gets really …