Bloomberg The Hong Kong dollar may be sliding into the weak end of its trading band, yet money managers see no reason for stock investors to turn bearish just yet. Unlike previous bouts of weakness in the pegged currency — when fears of a Chinese hard landing sent capital fleeing the city’s equities — this time around there’s plenty of ...

Bloomberg The Irish government’s selldown in lender Allied Irish Banks (AIB) had enough demand for the entire 3.8 billion euros ($4.3 billion) worth of stock on offer on the first full day of the sale, an update on the deal showed. Shares in the bank are being offered at between 3.90 euros and 4.90 euros each in the initial public ...

Bloomberg India’s banks have been ordered to use the country’s courts to resolve bad loans totaling about 2 trillion rupees ($31 billion) issued to 12 large debtors. The Reserve Bank of India told the banks to use insolvency laws to find a solution for the debtors, which account for a quarter of the country’s total bad loans, before moving on ...