BLOOMBERG UniCredit SpA is set to increase its overall bonus pool for 2022 by about 20%, after a year in which the Italian lender beat profit expectations and increased shareholder returns, people familiar with the matter said. The Milan-based bank’s payout covers non-executive employees working at branches and offices and about 900 top managers with risk responsibilities, said the people, ...

BLOOMBERG Pressure from the US bond market may lead to modest yen weakness in the short-term, outweighing any positive impact from speculation of a Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy shift, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. If markets continue to price in resilient US growth and more interest-rate hikes than expected, there is scope for further “tactical yen underperformance,” wrote ...

BLOOMBERG Traders are betting for the first time that the European Central Bank (ECB) will extend its rate-hiking cycle into 2024, leading to a selloff in German debt that took yields to the highest in more than 11 years. Swap-market pricing shows they briefly wagered the ECB will raise its deposit rate to as much as 3.9% in February 2024. ...