Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) cut the amount of cash that some banks have to put aside as reserves, injecting liquidity to encourage lending as the world’s second-largest economy is set for the slowest growth since 1976. The required reserve ratio (RRR) for rural banks and small city commercial banks will be lowered 1 percentage point, the PBOC …

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve has further dialed back the pace at which it plans to buy Treasuries under its unlimited quantitative easing program. The US central bank, which has been aggressively purchasing Treasuries in a bid to offset the economic and market fallout from the coronavirus pandemic said that it would dial back the daily pace of buying to $50 …

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to buy out its local partner to get full control of a Chinese mutual fund joint venture, taking advantage of the latest move by Beijing to open up the nation’s asset management and securities businesses to foreign firms. The US bank is buying a 49% stake held by Shanghai International Trust Co. to take …