Bloomberg South Korea is continuing with efforts to ease strains in its credit market, with local financial firms making a second round of contribution to a key bond stabilisation fund redeployed in October. The companies will inject an additional 5 trillion won ($3.7 billion) into the fund between December and January, according to the Finance Ministry. The Bank of …

  Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank has been surprised by the strength of inflation, which has boosted price expectations and required a more aggressive interest-rate response, Assistant Governor Karen Silk said. “What we have seen is actual inflation continue to surprise on the upside, but more importantly inflation expectations have moved higher as well,” Silk said in an interview with …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG sees room to expand its deals business in Asia and is looking to hire selectively even as some rivals turn wary amid a sharp slowdown in China. “As different industry players continue to be increasingly cautious, we do see opportunity to strategically grow our market share in some areas where it makes sense,” Amit Khattar, …