Bloomberg UBS Group AG doesn’t plan acquisitions in the US “in the foreseeable future” and has no intention to buy Credit Suisse Group AG, the bank’s chairman Colm Kelleher told Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung. UBS hasn’t yet realised its full potential in the US, Kelleher said in an interview. “We need to get our wealth management business up …

  Bloomberg US banks see tougher times ahead for consumers. That may not be so bad for the banks. The heads of the nation’s four largest lenders — JPMorgan Chase &, Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup — took turns in calls describing customers who are drawing down savings, piling up debt on credit cards and …

    Bloomberg The cost to hedge against volatility in dollar-yen over the coming week has risen to the highest level in almost three years as traders brace for any more Bank of Japan (BOJ) surprises on Wednesday. By raising the cost of the contracts, option sellers are trying to reduce the expense of being caught off guard again after …