Bloomberg Sweden’s central bank will make good on its promise to enter the corporate bond market, as it begins buying 10 billion kronor ($1.1 billion) worth of securities. But the move, which the Riksbank says will rein in funding costs for businesses and help contain credit supply shocks, has courted controversy ever since it was announced in July. Some investors ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG plans to boost lending to commodity traders in the Middle East to help double the size of its regional business. The German lender, which on Monday appointed Loic Voide and Kees Hoving as co-chief executive officers for the Middle East and Africa, is also targeting bond markets for growth in the region. “In the next five ...

Bloomberg After a blistering rally of 34% from this year’s record low against the dollar, Norway’s krone may be running low on steam. The Scandinavian currency completed a second weekly loss versus both the greenback and euro, in step with declines in the price of oil — Norway’s top export. Furthermore, krone gains in recent months were fuelled in part ...