Bloomberg Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he’s open to a potential reciprocal military access agreement with Japan if it would protect the country’s fishermen and its maritime territory. “I don’t see why we should not adopt it,” Marcos said, according to a transcript of his interview with reporters. The Philippines is studying if the potential pact will indeed help …

  Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd’s fourth-quarter profit topped estimates, helped by lending gains as a strong capital base allowed the bank to deliver a special dividend. Net income increased 69% to S$2.34 billion ($1.76 billion) in the three months ended on December 31, Southeast Asia’s biggest lender said in a statement. That beat an average estimate of S$2.17 billion …

Bloomberg A Bank of England (BOE) policy maker has warned that a wave of business investment was “stopped in its tracks” by Brexit, dealing a blow to the UK economy worth £1,000 ($1,204) per households. Jonathan Haskel, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee, said that the UK “suffered much more” from its productivity woes since exiting the European …