Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank is poised to raise interest rates by half a percentage point for a fifth straight time, and some economists are tipping it will need to keep tightening well into next year as an aggressive Federal Reserve weakens the kiwi dollar. The Reserve Bank will lift the Official Cash Rate to 3.5% from 3% in ...

  Bloomberg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) named Chief Risk Officer Shawn Beber as the new head of its US division and tapped Susan Rimmer to lead the company’s global corporate and investment banking franchise. Current US chief Mike Capatides will take over as the bank’s vice chair in the country when the changes become effective on November 1, ...

  Bloomberg The Philippine central bank said it is taking steps to “manage any disruption” in the financial market, as it asked people not to take undue advantage of developments. “We ask those who have the means not to take undue advantage of changing market conditions,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said in an emailed statement. “This does not help the ...