Bloomberg One of China’s biggest lenders is marketing a new dollar note linked to a Libor replacement, as borrowers across the globe move away from the scandal-ridden pricing benchmark. Bank of China Ltd’s Macau Branch is expected to price a floating-rate note tied to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. …

Bloomberg Fabio Panetta, Italy’s candidate for a board seat at the European Central Bank (ECB), got his first big career break one early morning in 1985. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the then-Bank of Italy chief and a future president of the republic, was already at his desk at dawn when he rang the switchboard at his research department for help with …

Bloomberg US index futures jumped along with stocks in Europe as China revived hopes of progress in trade talks with America this week despite a host of potential headwinds. Gold slipped with Treasuries. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 indexes extended gains after a report that China is still open to a partial trade deal with …