Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd. posted a record quarterly profit as it set aside a lower amount of funds for potential bad loans even as the coronavirus pandemic constrains growth in financial sector. Net income at India’s second-largest private lender rose to 42.51 billion rupees ($570 million) in quarter ended Sept. 30 from 6.55 billion rupees a year earlier. That was ...

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve won’t increase the pace of its asset purchases this year or next, and wouldn’t meaningfully boost the US economy even if it did so, according to most economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Many Fed watchers are eager for more guidance on the future of the central bank’s balance-sheet policy, but aren’t expecting any new clues when the ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG signalled the trading boom that helped it beat Wall Street rivals will continue through the end of the year, boosting investment banking revenue and compensating for headwinds at its lending businesses. Income from trading fixed-income securities and currencies rises 47%, beating all but one of the large investment banks so far and snapping a long streak ...