Jefferies Financial Group would rather have its staff back at office working together than in "lonely home silos" to get the most out of the final quarter of the year, Chief Executive Officer Richard Handler said in a letter on Thursday.
The Turkish central bank's net international reserves fell $1.26 billion to $12.62 billion in the week to Aug. 26, central bank data showed on Thursday.
Standard Chartered and FairPrice Group on Thursday rolled out their digital bank focusing on Singapore's retail segment, a move that comes on the heels of digital bank launches by GXS Bank and China's Ant Group in the affluent city-state.
In less than two years at the helm of Citigroup Inc , Jane Fraser has unveiled plans to exit Russia in a bid to pare down risky assets and cull consumer businesses in 13 other countries to focus on multinational companies and the wealthy.
Zambia won International Monetary Fund approval for a $1.3 billion, 38-month loan program on Wednesday, a crucial step in the southern African country's quest to restructure its debts and rebuild an economy ravaged by mismanagement and COVID-19.
U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds said it was disappointed in the amount an international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay as damages over its sale of Korea Exchange Bank, according to a statement received on Thursday.
A new index that measures distress in the U.S. corporate bond markets showed a slight improvement in August, data released on Wednesday showed, suggesting an uptick in investor sentiment heading into U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech on Aug. 26.
Canadian oil-producing province Alberta expects a budget surplus of C$13.2 billion ($10.1 billion) in the 2022-23 fiscal year, significantly higher than the C$511 million surplus estimated in its budget, helped by a boom in energy prices.
Barclays will sell its remaining 7.4% stake in South African bank Absa , it said on Wednesday, completing its exit from a more than 90-year presence on the continent.
The Hungarian central bank's new discount bills will also be available to non-resident investors on the secondary market, the National Bank of Hungary said on Wednesday in an emailed reply to Reuters questions.
