Bloomberg Union Bancaire Privee, (UBP) the Swiss private bank that increased assets in Asia 10-fold through its purchase of Coutts International, is open to making additional acquisitions as consolidation among regional wealth managers accelerates. The Geneva-based bank is seeking to double assets under management in Asia and increase its number of relationship managers to about 100 from 60 currently, …

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. posted third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as bond-trading revenue surged 35 percent from a year earlier, helped by interest-rate and currencies trading. The lender helped lead bank shares higher after reporting net income of $3.84 billion, or $1.24 a share, down 11 percent from a year earlier. That still beat the $1.15 average estimate for …

  Reuters Wells Fargo & Co reported its fourth straight fall in quarterly profit as it set aside funds for potential legal costs amid an increasingly politicized bogus-account scandal that cost Chief Executive and Chairman John Stumpf his job. The bank, which faces numerous federal and state investigations into its practices, said noninterest expenses rose due in part to higher …