Bloomberg Global investment banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS group AG are renewing efforts to gauge investor interest in Chinese developer bond sales, in hopes of revitalizing a key business following a yearlong deal drought. Hong Kong-based debt capital market bankers have been approaching the investors, encouraged by the recent return to the primary market by major …

  Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will nominate Kazuo Ueda, a professor and former Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member, to take the helm of the central bank from April, according to people familiar with the matter, in a shock move that sparked sharp moves in the yen. The decision blindsided investors who had expected long-time front-runner and Deputy Governor …

  Bloomberg NatWest Group Plc plans to further restrict its financing of the oil and gas industry. The UK bank will no longer provide so-called reserve based lending for new customers, it said. From the end of December 2025, NatWest will no longer renew, refinance or extend reserve based lending for existing customers. “We want to ensure our capital is …