Bloomberg Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda emphasised his determination to stick with rock-bottom interest rates even if it means a weaker yen after the bank’s latest price forecasts left the door open to continued speculation over policy change. Recent concern that the global economy risks a hard landing as central banks rush to tackle inflation has helped …

Bloomberg Ukraine devalued the official hryvnia exchange rate to protect its foreign-currency reserves as Russia’s invasion ravages the economy. The National Bank of Ukraine (NB) also held its main interest rate unchanged at 25% on Thursday and said that its monetary and exchange-rate policies are aimed at easing pressure on the local currency. It set the hryvnia rate at 36.5686 …

  Bloomberg CDH Investments, an alternative investment fund manager focused on China, has hired top Asian dealmaker Alex To as its new chief executive officer, according to people familiar with the matter. To, until recently the co-head of Bank of America Corp’s (BofA) Asia Pacific investment banking, will also become a partner of the fund, one of the people said. …