Bloomberg A British exit from the European Union may not be an immediate shock to London’s standing as a global financial hub. The City, after all, just got a vote of confidence from Europe’s biggest exchange operators, who are considering a 20 billion pound tie-up that would place its holding company in London. Deutsche Boerse AG and London Stock Exchange …

Bloomberg Even in the mighty U.S. Treasury market, bond traders are taking their cues from central bankers in Europe and Japan. With Mario Draghi and Haruhiko Kuroda pressing ahead with their grand monetary experiments, negative yields in Germany and Japan are exerting greater and greater influence over U.S. Treasuries. Overnight trading of Treasury futures has exploded, reaching levels not seen …

Bloomberg Gazit-Globe Ltd., which manages commercial real estate worth about $21 billion in more than 20 countries, is extending its Brazilian business even as the country suffers the worst recession in over a century and the streets swell with protesters clamoring for mass political change. The company will invest $1 billion this year to expand existing shopping centers in Sao …