<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Russell Ward - Editor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russell Ward - Editor]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AHJEPV5bhow/russell-ward</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Russell Ward - Editor</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AHJEPV5bhow/russell-ward</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:38:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AHJEPV5bhow/russell-ward.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Shanghai Censors Social Media Posts Talking Down Housing Market]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/shanghai-censors-social-media-posts-talking-down-housing-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/shanghai-censors-social-media-posts-talking-down-housing-market</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:35:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HSBC Proposes to Privatize Hang Seng Bank, Continue Brand]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/hsbc-proposes-to-privatize-hang-seng-bank-continue-brand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/hsbc-proposes-to-privatize-hang-seng-bank-continue-brand</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:01:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGNR.dYAPRnA/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGNR.dYAPRnA/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANZ Global Markets Chief Steps Down Amid Bank Overhaul]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/anz-global-markets-chief-steps-down-amid-bank-overhaul</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/anz-global-markets-chief-steps-down-amid-bank-overhaul</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Post Said to Plan Sale of $4 Billion Stake in Bank Unit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/japan-post-to-sell-4-billion-of-bank-unit-shares-reuters-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/japan-post-to-sell-4-billion-of-bank-unit-shares-reuters-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasutaka Tamura]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:20:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.3JXpOKQjtw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.3JXpOKQjtw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Japanese postal mark displayed on a Japan Post Co. post box in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Japan Post Holdings Co. is scheduled to release its first quarter earnings figures on Aug. 10.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[MUFG Fires Worker for $13 Million Theft From Clients’ Safe Boxes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-22/mufg-fires-worker-for-13-million-theft-from-clients-safe-boxes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-22/mufg-fires-worker-for-13-million-theft-from-clients-safe-boxes</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:32:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norinchukin Is at Risk of Downgrade by Moody’s on Bond Losses]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/norinchukin-is-at-risk-of-downgrade-by-moody-s-on-bond-losses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/norinchukin-is-at-risk-of-downgrade-by-moody-s-on-bond-losses</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:00:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iASzAuZ4mU3w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iASzAuZ4mU3w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Otemachi One Tower building, center, which houses the Norinchukin Bank head office, in Tokyo, Japan, on Thurdsday, June 20, 2024. The agricultural bank surprised the market this week by saying it would sell $63 billion of low-yielding US and European government bonds that had become unprofitable to hold after the firm’s shorter-term funding costs jumped. The unlisted firm warned that losses this fiscal year may swell to 1.5 trillion yen ($9.5 billion), triple an estimate made less than a month ago.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nomura’s Willcox Says Hedge Funds Are Hunting for Japan Traders]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/nomura-plans-to-use-retained-earnings-to-fund-wholesale-unit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/nomura-plans-to-use-retained-earnings-to-fund-wholesale-unit</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Takashi Nakamichi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQRM1JsFCKxs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQRM1JsFCKxs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Christopher Willcox, head of whole sale division of Nomura Holdings Inc., attends the firm’s investor day in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Nomura unveiled plans to almost double profit by the end of the decade, in part by making its key wholesale division finance its own operations and shifting resources to areas where it wants to grow.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wall Street Banks Near Sale of Visible Alpha to S&P, FT Reports]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-20/wall-street-banks-near-sale-of-visible-alpha-to-s-p-ft-reports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-20/wall-street-banks-near-sale-of-visible-alpha-to-s-p-ft-reports</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Property Tycoon Ronnie Chan Hands Reins to Son]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/hang-lung-names-adriel-chan-to-succeed-father-ronnie-as-chair</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/hang-lung-names-adriel-chan-to-succeed-father-ronnie-as-chair</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawna Kwan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:57:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if0D_TC_91r0/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if0D_TC_91r0/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evergrande Halts Trading After Founder Put Under Police Control]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-28/evergrande-suspends-trading-in-hong-kong-along-with-units</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-28/evergrande-suspends-trading-in-hong-kong-along-with-units</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:03:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRpXnAzYPSp0/v64/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRpXnAzYPSp0/v64/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiger Global Built Large Stake in Apollo This Year, FT Reports]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-04/tiger-global-built-large-stake-in-apollo-this-year-ft-reports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-04/tiger-global-built-large-stake-in-apollo-this-year-ft-reports</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:24:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Bancorp to Sell Shares to MUFG After Union Bank Acquisition]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/u-s-bancorp-to-sell-shares-to-mufg-after-union-bank-acquisition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/u-s-bancorp-to-sell-shares-to-mufg-after-union-bank-acquisition</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:42:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackstone Is in Talks With US Regional Banks Over Lending]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-11/blackstone-in-talks-with-us-regional-banks-over-lending-ft-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-11/blackstone-in-talks-with-us-regional-banks-over-lending-ft-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 06:07:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaYkHX9SWhss/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaYkHX9SWhss/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Blackstone headquarters in New York, US, on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Blackstone Inc.&apos;s first-quarter profit fell as dealmaking at the world&apos;s largest alternative-asset manager slowed in a tumultuous stretch when rising interest rates roiled the markets and banking system.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buffett Favors Japan Over Taiwan as He Laments Geopolitics]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-08/buffett-favors-japan-over-taiwan-as-he-laments-geopolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-08/buffett-favors-japan-over-taiwan-as-he-laments-geopolitics</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2023 02:15:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izt4WCuaN.MU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izt4WCuaN.MU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks to members of the media during a shareholders shopping day ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Friday, May 3, 2019. Buffett&apos;s Berkshire Hathaway agreed earlier this week to make the investment in Occidental to help the oil producer with its $38 billion bid for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBS Brings Back Ermotti as CEO to Oversee Credit Suisse Takeover]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-29/ubs-names-ermotti-to-return-as-ceo-in-wake-of-credit-suisse-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-29/ubs-names-ermotti-to-return-as-ceo-in-wake-of-credit-suisse-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 05:01:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVFWaFsakE8/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVFWaFsakE8/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moody’s Puts First Republic, Five US Banks on Downgrade Watch]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/moody-s-puts-first-republic-five-us-banks-on-downgrade-watch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/moody-s-puts-first-republic-five-us-banks-on-downgrade-watch</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:26:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipD0vM15sMxc/v80/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipD0vM15sMxc/v80/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Property Tycoon to Sell Stake as Share Sales Ramp Up]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-12/chinese-property-tycoon-to-sell-stake-as-share-sales-ramp-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-12/chinese-property-tycoon-to-sell-stake-as-share-sales-ramp-up</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 01:26:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYCUJDas_iww/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYCUJDas_iww/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evergrande Vows to Resume Projects to Allay Boycott Concerns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-13/evergrande-vows-to-resume-all-projects-to-allay-boycott-concerns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-13/evergrande-vows-to-resume-all-projects-to-allay-boycott-concerns</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:25:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee Steps Down; Conway to Be Interim Chief]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/carlyle-ceo-kewsong-lee-steps-down-conway-to-be-interim-chief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-08/carlyle-ceo-kewsong-lee-steps-down-conway-to-be-interim-chief</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 02:17:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivWzWJS4kVCA/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivWzWJS4kVCA/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evergrande to Hire Advisers on Debt Risks, Creditor Demands]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/evergrande-to-hire-advisers-on-debt-risks-creditor-demands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/evergrande-to-hire-advisers-on-debt-risks-creditor-demands</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Ward]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:09:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itbZzAyPZHxE/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itbZzAyPZHxE/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item></channel></rss>