Bloomberg National Bank of Canada’s fiscal second-quarter results got a boost from a surge in trading as recession fears roiled the markets. Revenue in the financial-markets unit rose 7.7% to C$632 million ($496 million) in the three months through April, the Montreal-based lender said. That beat analysts’ C$524.4 million average projection. Overall profit also topped estimates. Escalating concerns that …

  Bloomberg A dramatic increase in the size and complexity of crypto markets means the sector is on track to become a risk for financial stability that must urgently be regulated, the European Central Bank (ECB) said. While recent volatility has not proved contagious to the rest of the global financial system, the threat is increasing with institutional investors increasingly …

  Bloomberg Stocks and US equity futures dropped, while bonds fell Tuesday as euro-zone inflation accelerated to a fresh all-time high, intensifying the debate at the European Central Bank (ECB) about how rapidly to raise interest rates. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts slipped at least 0.3%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index was set to snap four days of gains, retreating from …