Bloomberg Barclays Plc is planning job cuts at its corporate and investment bank as part of its cost-saving measures, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The reductions will affect around 60 jobs, including some senior roles in the US and other countries, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information. A spokeswoman …
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China’s central bank to step up efforts to curb financial risks
Bloomberg China’s central bank will take measures to prevent systemic financial risks from building in the economy as the recovery takes hold, Deputy Governor Chen Yulu said. Laying out priorities for the next five years, Chen said the People’s Bank of China will improve its macro-prudential assessment framework and strengthen supervision of “systemically important†institutions, businesses and infrastructure. “The priority …
Read More »Nine Polish banks in talks on Swiss loans
Bloomberg Nine Polish banks are coalescing around a proposal for out-of-court settlements with holders of Swiss franc mortgages, according to PKO Bank Polski SA, the nation’s biggest lender. State-controlled PKO has spearheaded efforts to work out a joint solution to around $31 billion in mostly Swiss franc loans, based on a proposal by the country’s financial regulator and backed by …
Read More »DBS’s Gupta endorses benefits of office work
Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta said employees need to sometimes work from the office to develop a firm’s identity. “You need to build the soul of the company, and it’s very hard to do that if everybody is always working from somewhere else,†Gupta, who runs Southeast Asia’s largest bank, said in an interview with …
Read More »Wells Fargo targets net-zero emissions after rivals set goals
Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. joined rivals in pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. The fourth-largest US lender said it aims to reach that goal, which includes its financed emissions, by 2050. It will also deploy $500 billion in financing to sustainable businesses and projects by 2030. “Climate change is one of the most urgent …
Read More »US futures climb as global bonds rally before auctions
Bloomberg US stock futures climbed on Tuesday, while government bonds across the globe rallied before US debt auctions that have the potential to spark volatility. The dollar falls. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 climbed 1.8%, signalling a rebound after an overnight slump in technology stocks amid a rotation to value. European shares opened modestly lower, dragged down by miners. …
Read More »China state funds buy stocks to stem worsening rout
Bloomberg The bearish mood prevailing in China’s stock market is proving a match even for state-backed funds, and casting a cloud over the Communist Party’s biggest annual political event. The CSI 300 Index closed about 2.2% lower despite evidence that state-backed funds had intervened to shore up the market in morning trading. The news earlier helped the gauge erase losses …
Read More »China’s carbon market to grow to $25 billion by 2030, Citi says
Bloomberg The size of China’s carbon market will expand more than 30-fold over the next decade as it covers more industries and polluting becomes more expensive, according to Citigroup Inc. The market’s physical turnover will rise from about $800 million this year, its first in operation, to around $25 billion by the end of the decade, analysts including Tracy Liao …
Read More »European gasoline diverted to Texas to ease supply crunch
Bloomberg Five gasoline tankers that were enroute to the US East Coast diverted to the Port of Houston to help ease a supply crunch after last month’s freeze crippled the region’s refineries. Major refineries along Gulf Coast, the nation’s refining hub, shut gasoline units during the February deep freeze and power failures. Operators have gradually begun resuming production since the …
Read More »Marks & Spencer to expand online reach in overseas foray
Bloomberg Marks & Spencer Group Plc (M&S) will launch websites in 46 new overseas markets to try to revive an international business that’s languished for years in spite of multiple turnaround efforts. The British seller of food, clothing and housewares said the expansion into nations from Nepal to Bolivia and Uzbekistan would extend its online reach to more than 100 …
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