Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn said an executive’s remarks playing down the risk of climate change are “inconsistent” with the bank’s strategy and don’t reflect views of senior management. “Our ambition is to be the leading bank supporting the global economy in the transition to net zero,” he said in a post on LinkedIn. “I ...

  Bloomberg Indonesia’s central bank tightened reserve requirements for lenders, while keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged, as it seeks to withdraw excess liquidity without hurting economy’s recovery from the pandemic. Bank Indonesia plans to raise the reserve requirement ratio for banks to 9% in September from previously announced 6.5%, Governor Perry Warjiyo said in a briefing on Tuesday. It ...

  Bloomberg China’s central bank and banking regulator urged lenders to boost loans as the economy is battered by Covid outbreaks that have threatened growth this year. People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang and other officials met with 24 major financial institutions to discuss credit conditions and work, the central bank said in a statement on Tuesday. The ...