Shanghai / Bloomberg China’s cities need about 6.6 trillion yuan ($1 trillion) of green financing over the next five years to reach its pollution-reduction targets, according to a report. Financial markets will need to cover as much as 90 percent of investment funding for clean transportation, energy-efficient buildings and renewable power through 2020, according to the executive summary of …

  Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc, the London-based bank that generates most of its income from Asia, is seeking to double operating profit at its Pakistan unit within five years as the country’s economy grows and banks churn out more loans. The bank is targeting an advance to deposit ratio of at least 45 percent in 12 months from 35 percent …

  Bloomberg June is out. July might be too soon. The Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate increase is coming, but even September isn’t a sure bet. That’s the message investors and economists are taking from Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks. Her comments were the last the public will hear from a Fed official before the central bank’s policy-setting meeting next week. In …