Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Commerzbank profits up despite rising Russia risk

Commerzbank

Despite making provisions to avoid risks from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Commerzbank, Germany’s second-largest lender, announced Thursday that first-quarter profits had more than doubled. Commerzbank reported a net profit of 298 million euros ($313 million) in the first three months of the year, up from 133 million euros the previous year. The bank’s … Read more

Lured by high returns, global investors snap up Chinese bonds

chinese bonds

BEIJING: Overseas holdings of bonds traded in China’s interbank market reached a new high at the end of December, as global investors were lured by relatively high yields and stability, certainty and growth of the world’s second-largest economy in the pandemic era. Outstanding overseas institutional holdings of interbank bonds rose to a total of 4 … Read more