Bloomberg Colombia’s central bank ignored a last minute plea by President Juan Manuel Santos and raised the benchmark interest rate for an 11th consecutive month as surging food prices pushed inflation to the fastest since 2000. In a split decision, the seven-member board voted to raise the key rate a quarter-point to 7.75 percent, central bank Governor Jose Dario …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG scored higher in the European Banking Authority’s stress test this year than in 2014 in a sign that steps to bolster financial resilience are taking hold despite a tougher examination that took account of surging litigation costs. The company’s common equity Tier 1 ratio fell to 7.8 percent in the adverse scenario, measuring resilience to …

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG’s Asia investment banking co-head, Saurabh Beniwal, is planning to leave as the bank trims senior management ranks in the region, people familiar with the matter said. Beniwal, who was appointed in November as co-head of corporate client solutions in Asia, will depart UBS by the end of this year, according to the people. Joseph Chee …