Bloomberg Barclays Plc Chief Executive Officer Jes Staley cast a positive light on the progress he’s making in his turnaround program, as he reiterated his commitment to shedding lower-priority assets to bolster returns. The London-based bank’s core consumer and investment-banking businesses generated a return on tangible equity of about 11 percent as of June, higher than the roughly 10 …

  Bloomberg MetLife Inc., the largest US life insurer, elected David Herzog, the former chief financial officer of American International Group Inc., to its board of directors. The addition brings the total number of directors to 13, with 12 being independent, the New York-based insurer said in a statement. Herzog is also a director for Ambac Financial Group Inc. and …

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is reorganizing its European investment banking and capital markets business and cutting some jobs, a move prompted in part by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The Zurich-based lender will cover large, global companies domiciled in the UK through industry teams, Marisa Drew and Mark Echlin, who lead the bank’s investment banking and …