Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA’s Frankfurt offices were raided by German prosecutors as part of their vast investigation into the controversial Cum-Ex scandal that has swept up Wall Street’s biggest banks. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed the search and said it’s cooperating. A Cologne prosecutors’ spokesman said that the agency raiding a bank in Frankfurt since January 24 without …

  Bloomberg The Philippine central bank will likely end its monetary tightening with one or two more rate increases this quarter that will bring the key rate to around 6%, according to its governor. “The most likely scenario is that the last increase is the March meeting,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla said in an interview in his …

  Bloomberg Equity markets slipped on Wednesday after tech giant Microsoft Corp. and a slew of other major firms forecast slowing earnings, while lackluster US business activity data reminded investors of the likelihood of recession in the world’s biggest economy. Contracts for the Nasdaq 100 fell more than 0.5%, after a two-day rally in the underlying index ground to a …