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JPMorgan sells $3bn bonds in post-earnings bank boom

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. is selling $3 billion of bonds in the US investment-grade market, adding to a streak of debt transactions from big Wall Street banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Bank of America Corp. The biggest US bank is selling bonds in a single-tranche transaction, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. ...

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Thai Credit Retail Bank weighing Bangkok IPO

Bloomberg Thai Credit Retail Bank Pcl, a provider of microfinance loans, is exploring an initial public offering in Bangkok that could raise as much as $400 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The lender, which is part of the Thai Life Insurance group, is interviewing banks on the potential first-time share sale, said the people, who asked ...

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Italy’s Monte Paschi rules out capital shortfall

Bloomberg Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena posted its third straight quarterly profit and said it’s ruling out a capital shortfall on a one-year horizon. The world’s oldest bank reported net income of 186 million euros in the third quarter as it wrote back 132 million euros of loans to performing status and after extraordinary charges weren’t repeated, according ...

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