Bloomberg The Philippine peso has a secret weapon that has made it one of Asia’s best-performing currencies this year: bumper real yields. While the central bank has cut interest rates three times this year to spur growth —which typically saps demand for a currency — slowing inflation has ensured that real yields on the nation’s bonds have remained among the …

Bloomberg Yes Bank Ltd, the Indian lender that’s been courting investors following management turmoil and scrutiny of bad loans, posted a bigger-than-expected second-quarter loss as soured debt increased and the firm took a one-time charge. The loss totalled 6 billion rupees ($84.7 million) for the three months ended on September 30, compared with net income of 9.65 billion rupees a …

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co and Amazon.com Inc have begun testing the new health-care venture they’re developing with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, rolling out some of the new offerings to employees in a handful of states. Under the program, called Haven Healthcare, JPMorgan is offering its 30,000 workers in Ohio and Arizona two plans for 2020 run by Cigna …