Bloomberg Global socially responsible investments grew by 34 percent to $30.7 trillion over the past two years, lifted by Japanese pension funds, retail investors everywhere and broad, growing concern about climate change. Europe remains the biggest region for sustainable investors with about $14 trillion devoted to these strategies, up 11 percent from 2016, according to the biennial report from the …

Bloomberg Stocks strengthened worldwide as strong manufacturing data out of the world’s second largest economy helped ease investor worries about a slowdown in global growth. Treasuries extended losses after as a gauge of US factories topped estimates in March. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were all in the green. Shares of Lyft dropped below its IPO price as analysts …

Bloomberg India’s benchmark stocks gauge rose for a third day on Monday to close on the verge of a record. Expectations that the central bank will this week announce its second interest-rate cut for 2019, and a national election that will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi reelected helped boost sentiment in a market that capped its best quarter since June …

Bloomberg Bitcoin advanced to the highest level of 2019, the latest milestone for cryptocurrencies as they claw back from a year that saw three-quarters of their market value wiped out. The biggest digital coin on Monday rose as much as 1.6 percent to $4,135.60, the top intraday level since December 24, according to weekday trading data compiled by Bloomberg. So-called …

Bloomberg India’s first real estate investment trust, the Blackstone Group LP-backed Embassy Office Parks, rose on its trading debut, in a vote of confidence for a potential new funding avenue for the nation’s cash-strapped developers. The REIT units climbed as much as 8.3 percent before closing 4.7 percent higher at 314.10 rupees in Mumbai. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index …

Bloomberg The new head of Japan’s main banking lobby warned the central bank against deepening negative interest rates, signalling such a move could spur risky investment and put further pressure on lenders’ profits. “It will be a quite difficult option to take,” Makoto Takashima, chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, said in an interview. “Simply speaking, that would cause policy …

Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) officials pressed the case for continued monetary-policy support as they signalled the euro-area economic slowdown is weighing on inflation. In a foreword to the ECB’s annual report, President Mario Draghi warned of a “persistence of uncertainties” and said there’s a continued need for stimulus to boost inflation. His vice president, Luis de Guindos echoed that, …

Bloomberg Perella Weinberg Partners LP is hiring Clinton Ray and Guy Morgan from Goldman Sachs Group Inc to expand its European restructuring business, according to people familiar with the matter. The bankers will join the firm in London in June to advise new and existing clients on restructuring, debt advisory and liability management, said the people, who asked not to …

Bloomberg A criminal probe tied to money laundering allegations engulfing Swedbank AB drew sharp recriminations from both sides over the weekend, and raised serious questions about the role of the board. After the prosecutor accused Sweden’s biggest mortgage bank of refusing to hand over key information, Swedbank’s lawyers responded with claims that investigators were ignoring the norms of Swedish law. …

Bloomberg Switzerland has room for further easing, though fiscal policy needs to be better utilised to boost long-term growth, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is using some of the world’s lowest interest rates and a threat to intervene in currency markets to stem appreciation on the franc. Yet even with a deposit rate …