Bloomberg Global food prices climbed the most in almost four years, boosted by a rally in sugar and gains in grains, dairy and meat. The United Nations’ food-price index jumped 4.2 percent in June, the most since July 2012, the group’s Food & Agriculture Organization said on its website. The gauge, which monitors 73 different food prices, advanced for …

  Bloomberg The best is probably over for commodities this year as the Brexit vote adds risks to global growth and oil is set to retreat, according to the Merchant Commodity Fund, which returned 9 percent in the first half. The fund, run by ex-Cargill Inc. employees Doug King and Michael Coleman, has changed its commodities outlook to neutral from …

  AFP Deutsche Bank once epitomised the best of Germany’s financial sector, shining brightly as the European economic powerhouse’s biggest lender. But this week its share price slid to new lows, fuelling concerns about the health of the institution, with some even questioning if it has a long-term future and the IMF moved to see it as a “systemic” risk …