Bloomberg Citigroup Inc joined rivals including UBS Group AG in touting its flexible work policies as a tool that will offer a competitive edge in recruiting and retaining top staff. The lender’s employees will have the option of working from home at least part time, investment banking co-head Manolo Falco said at a virtual press briefing. That will set the ...

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley has promoted several technology investment bankers to be the next generation of leadership at one of the investment bank’s most important franchises. The New York-based firm has named Dave Chen co-head of global technology investment banking, alongside current co-heads Michael Grimes and Drew Guevara, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg News. A representative for Morgan Stanley ...

Bloomberg UBS AG is in talks with Belgian authorities to resolve an investigation into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge taxes, local prosecutors said. Confirmation of the talks comes after newspaper L’Echo reported that the lender has agreed to pay almost 50 million euros ($60 million) to settle the case and avoid a public trial, citing sources it didn’t name. ...

Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) cut bond purchases for the next three months while shifting to a quarterly-buying plan to offer more certainty to markets. The quarterly plan showed a reduction of at least 25 billion yen ($226 million) in purchases of each of the one-to-three, five-to-10 years and 10-to-25 year buckets. Previously, it had only released monthly purchase ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc is seeking to raise $4 billion for its latest infrastructure fund, dubbed West Street Global Infrastructure Partners IV. The firm, which has held discussions with potential investors such as pensions funds, is aiming to hold a first close on the vehicle as soon as the third quarter, one of the people said. New York-based Goldman ...

Bloomberg Azura, a wealth manager focused on billionaire entrepreneurs, is opening an office in Switzerland. Former Credit Suisse Group AG banker Frederic Turrettini joins the firm as a partner to oversee its Geneva office, adding to existing locations in London, Monaco and Singapore, according to a statement. Azura also recruited Robert Agnew — a former managing director at Barclays Plc’s ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG will be unable to sponsor initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong as the German lender failed to replace the staff needed by regulators in one of the world’s biggest markets for share sales. The bank has hired replacements who will start in a matter of weeks and will be able to resume its sponsor roles ...

Bloomberg One Japanese company that got its start making grinding wheels for machinery more than 80 years ago believes it holds the key to helping manufacturers create ever slimmer and more powerful semiconductors to power next-generation mobile phones and advanced computers. Disco Corp’s machines can grind a silicon wafer down to a near-transparent thinness and cut the tip of a ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc delivered 201,250 cars worldwide in the second quarter, a record for the electric-car maker led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. While the company doesn’t break out sales by region, business appeared healthy in China. The bulk of the period’s sales were of the Model 3 sedan and the Model Y crossover, which are produced in Shanghai ...

Bloomberg India is growing increasingly assertive in its efforts to control online communications, challenging Twitter and Facebook’s practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend far beyond its borders. The largest US internet firms are fighting new Intermediary rules issued by Narendra Modi’s government in February that they say curtail privacy and free speech. Officials have demanded Facebook ...