Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd’s fourth-quarter profit topped estimates, helped by lending gains as a strong capital base allowed the bank to deliver a special dividend. Net income increased 69% to S$2.34 billion ($1.76 billion) in the three months ended on December 31, Southeast Asia’s biggest lender said in a statement. That beat an average estimate of S$2.17 billion ...

Bloomberg A Bank of England (BOE) policy maker has warned that a wave of business investment was “stopped in its tracks” by Brexit, dealing a blow to the UK economy worth £1,000 ($1,204) per households. Jonathan Haskel, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee, said that the UK “suffered much more” from its productivity woes since exiting the European ...

  Bloomberg Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, backed by billionaire Uday Kotak, is considering selling a minority stake in its general insurance unit, according to people familiar with the matter. The lender is working with Morgan Stanley on the potential sale of a stake in Kotak General Insurance which could raise as much as a few hundred million dollars, the people ...

  Bloomberg When Ulrich Koerner unveiled a plan to salvage Credit Suisse Group AG in October, the chief executive officer promised to create a new bank. His subsequent failure to reverse a stampede of client funds has raised doubts that “new” means “better.” Credit Suisse lost an unprecedented 111 billion Swiss francs ($120 billion) worth of assets during the three ...

Bloomberg India has reclaimed fifth place among the world’s top equity markets by value after being briefly usurped by France during a selloff of Adani Group shares. India’s market capitalisation stood at $3.15 trillion on February 10, inching back above France with the UK retaining seventh place, according to data compiled by Bloomberg that shows the combined value of companies ...

  Bloomberg European stocks posted modest gains and Wall Street equity futures were little changed as investors positioned themselves for an action-packed week, including the release of US consumer price data that may confirm the inflation battle isn’t over, dashing hopes of a Federal Reserve rate pivot. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index edged higher, as travel and leisure and construction stocks ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time “Q Holding”, Abu Dhabi’s major investment conglomerate, announced the appointment of two senior executives to lead its subsidiary, “Q Properties”, in its new phase of development. “Q” appointed Ben Hudson as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and David Harman as the Chief Development Officer (CDO) of the group’s development arm, “Q Properties”, paving ...

  Bloomberg The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec’s) top official urged countries to invest much more in oil to meet the world’s future energy needs and said climate policies need to be more “balanced and fair.” “It is imperative that all parties involved in the ongoing climate negotiations pause for a moment; look at the big picture,” Haitham Al-Ghais, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The “Bridges of Goodness”, a campaign launched by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) to provide relief to those affected by earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye, has collected more than 30,000 food parcels and large quantities of winter clothes, blankets and other humanitarian needs. The campaign, which is being jointly organised by the ERC in cooperation ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In line with the vision of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the central bank of the UAE’s (CBUAE) Board of Directors, the CBUAE on Sunday launched its Financial Infrastructure Transformation Programme (FIT programme) to accelerate the digital transformation in the financial ...