Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may have adopted a new standard in deciding when to support stocks, according to Seiichi Suzuki, a market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Institute Co. While market consensus has it that the BOJ purchases ETFs when the Topix index falls at least 0.5%, recent buying patterns have changed, Suzuki said. “The bar for ETF …

Bloomberg The Treasury is in talks with the UK’s largest banks about a plan to tackle billions of pounds of bad debts expected under government’s Coronavirus loans program for small businesses, the Financial Times reported. Part of the discussions centers on a common code of conduct to deal with bounce-back borrowers, which could include guidance on when and how to …

Bloomberg A few years ago, the biggest banks in one of the richest corners of the globe were adding thousands of jobs to a department that suddenly seemed more important than most others: compliance. But with headcount growing more than 10-fold in some cases, those same jobs are now at risk. This month, Danske Bank A/S warned of “significant” cuts, …