Bloomberg Switzerland’s financial regulator fined Coutts & Co. Ltd. for violating money-laundering rules and illegally profiting from transactions associated with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd. Coutts, owned by Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, allowed a total of $2.4 billion worth of 1MDB-related assets to flow through accounts in Switzerland even though it had good reason to …

  Bloomberg ING Group NV, the largest Dutch lender, said profit jumped 68 percent, more than analysts expected, as wholesale lending revenue rose while costs and bad-loan provisions fell. Underlying profit rose to 1.38 billion euros ($1.49 billion) in the fourth quarter from 822 million euros in the previous year, the Amsterdam-based bank said in a statement on Thursday. That …

  Bloomberg Complex debt trades that started as a way for lenders to reduce their loan exposure are becoming a business opportunity for some of the world’s biggest investment banks. Others are worried they could become another source of systemic risk. Nomura Holdings Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG are among the most-active firms earning high fees by providing loans …