Bloomberg The Philippine peso advanced closer towards the psychologically significant level of 48 per dollar after central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno said the market was free to determine its level. Asia’s best-performing currency this year advanced to as strong as 48.62 on Monday after Diokno told Bloomberg Television: “If that’s where the market is going, we can’t do anything about …

Bloomberg Indonesia’s bond and currency markets, risk benchmarks that tend to move in tandem, are diverging in signs that the nation’s pandemic response is deterring global funds. The rupiah is the worst-performing Asian currency this quarter while the nation’s benchmark sovereign bond is outperforming peers. The two markets are usually aligned due to heavy foreign debt holdings. That dynamic started …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG faces a criminal probe for helping more than 2,600 Belgian clients to hide untaxed earnings in Swiss accounts, L’Echo reported. The inquiry into Swiss lender concerns money laundering and acting as an illegal financial intermediary, the newspaper said, citing a spokesman for Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s office. Prosecutors obtained the bank details of unidentified Belgian clients …