Bloomberg Italy may be willing to compromise on its holdout against a German plan for further integration of the European Union’s banking system that includes setting limits on holdings of sovereign debt. Vincenzo Amendola, Italy’s minister for European Affairs, said in an interview in Rome that he is confident that a “good compromise” can be found in the next month. …

Bloomberg After half a decade of negative interest rates, one of the biggest Nordic pension funds is wondering whether this is just the beginning. The head of investments at Finland’s Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co says his industry is “just starting to see what kind of new challenges [negative rates] will cause.” That means “we are just taking the first …

Bloomberg Landlocked Laos may be a net beneficiary of the trade tension between the US and China. Chinese foreign-direct investment has climbed since the trade war began as firms seek alternative manufacturing sites to avoid US tariffs, said Bank of the Lao PDR deputy governor Vathana Dalaloy. “We may gain more than we lose,” she said in an interview in …