Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) new monetary policy committee with external members could begin deciding on interest rates in the second quarter of next year, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said. Legislation to enact the government’s RBNZ reforms should pass into law by April, which could allow the enlarged policy committee to begin deliberations as soon as May, …

Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, has picked banks for India’s first real estate investment trust (REIT) listing, people with knowledge of the matter said. The US company and local partner Embassy Group selected firms including Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., said the people. The REIT …

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (EDCB) stuck to its plan to end bond purchases as the European Union and US stepped back from a trade war andthe currency bloc’s economic expansion remained solid. The Frankfurt-based institution reiterated it will continue buying $35 billion of assets a month until the end of September, reduce the pace to 15 billion euros from …