Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants the US to pay to keep a two-decade-old pact that facilitates joint military exercises, an agreement which he sought to scrap last year. “Well, they have to pay. It’s a shared responsibility, but your share of responsibility does not come free,” Duterte said about the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US. “Because ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is just getting started in the fast-expanding world of sustainable finance. The New York-based lender plans to issue more environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds on a regular basis as part of its plans to deploy $750 billion in sustainable financing, investing and advisory activity by 2030, according to Carey Halio, chief executive officer of ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse group agreed to pay $600 million to settle a lawsuit over mortgage securities that collapsed in 2008 financial crisis, an accord that locks in an expected hit to its profit. The plaintiff, MBIA Insurance Corp., said late that it had reached an agreement, after a post-trial court decision that ordered the Swiss bank to pay about $604 ...

Bloomberg Mexico could have space for at least two more interest rate cuts in 2021 if inflation stays in line with expectations, central bank Deputy Governor Gerardo Esquivel told Bloomberg News. The bank, known as Banxico, cut for the 12th time since August 2019 this week, bringing the benchmark rate to 4%. The unanimous decision led economists to expect more ...

Bloomberg ING Groep NV posted fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates and joined peers across Europe in signaling more payouts to shareholders once the European Central Bank removes restrictions. The Dutch lender reported net income for the final three months of last year of 727 million euros ($881 million), compared with estimates of 499 million euros. The bank set aside ...

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) strategy to shift some of its currency intervention to the forwards market is adding to its problems. Its balancing act to keep the rupee stable amid heavy foreign inflows while also keeping excess liquidity in check is flooding the market with more foreign funds, prompting a vicious cycle of interventions. The RBI’s outstanding ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. reduced the compensation of outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Corbat by 21% to $19 million for 2020, a year in which regulators sanctioned the lender over its internal controls. Corbat, who is ceding CEO job to Jane Fraser, was granted stock awards totaling about $12.3 million; a cash bonus of $5.3 million and a $1.5 million salary, ...

Bloomberg Imagine a world without Google, the search engine so pervasive it’s the starting point for more than five billion queries a day. That’s the reality facing Australia, where the tech giant is threatening to unplug its homepage in a standoff with the government. Google opposes a planned law that would force the company and Facebook Inc. to pay Australian ...

Bloomberg Kuaishou Technology, the operator of China’s most popular short-video service after ByteDance Ltd.’s Douyin, jumped 161% in its Hong Kong debut after a $5.4 billion initial public offering that attracted hundreds of billions of dollars of orders. The shares closed at HK$300 after rising to as high as HK$345, compared with the IPO price of HK$115, valuing the Tencent ...

Bloomberg The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff passenger jet could start operations from boutique hubs across Florida in coming years. German startup Lilium GmbH has struck a deal to build a network of at least 10 so-called vertiports with Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial SE, the companies said. Ferrovial owns 25% of London’s Heathrow Airport and manages three other terminals in ...