Bloomberg A big trading scandal was the last thing Nasdaq Inc.’s Nordic power market needed. Once the kingpin of European electricity trading, activity on the world’s oldest power market is languishing at its lowest level since 1999 after some of the biggest banks, hedge funds and industrial consumers deserted the market as tougher regulation made buying and selling too expensive …

Bloomberg The embattled Philippine peso needs a break and it may soon get one. More than 10 million overseas Filipinos are preparing to send record amounts of money home for the Christmas and New Year holidays — a period when remittances pick up — with analysts from MUFG Bank Ltd. and Standard Chartered Plc saying those funds will help ease …

Bloomberg Tidjane Thiam is looking forward to things getting back to normal. In an interview with Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag, the chief executive officer of Credit Suisse Group AG said the bank is now targeting “business as usual” after years of restructuring. “Over the past three years we worked day and night to deal with our legacy from the …