Bloomberg Axa SA is considering cutting 650 jobs in Belgium over the next two years, as Europe’s second-largest insurer overhauls its range of products sold in the country. Axa Belgium has presented the plan to unions Monday, Jef Van In, head of the unit, said in a statement Monday. The reductions would represent 15 percent of its insurance employees …

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc is close to naming JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Tim Throsby to run the corporate and international division, including overseeing the investment bank, which will fill the final vacancy on Chief Executive Officer Jes Staley’s top management team, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. Barclays may announce the appointment over coming days, said one …

  Bloomberg Mark Carney had better have made the most of his summer break, because he’s about to meet his critics again. In his first public appearance since the central bank unleashed a barrage of stimulus, the Bank of England governor will answer to a panel of lawmakers, including those who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union. As …