…The Bank of England raised its key policy rate to 3 per cent on Thursday, its highest point since 2008….

…But the supervisory unit of France’s central bank , the ACPR, was the first bank to carry out climate stress tests in 2020….

…With predictions from Lloyds Bank and others that home prices could fall 8 per cent or more next year, the patient and deep-pocketed could score even larger discounts by holding off: first, a currency bonus…

On Nov. 1, The Brazilian Securities Regulator, CVM, announced that it might create a new superintendence to deal with crypto-related market regulation.

…Follow Stephen on Twitter @stephenkb and please send gossip, thoughts and feedback to insidepolitics@ft.com.All Trussed up and nowhere to go The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, Nov.3, that Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s energy network has left around 4.5 million people without power.

…Investment bank revenues were up 6 per cent to €2.3bn. However, SocGen’s retail business struggled to benefit as much as some European banks from rising interest rates….

ISW has observed that Russian forces are continuing to prepare fallback positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River while continuing to set up defensive positions northwest of Kherson City and transporting additional mobilized forces there, despite Stremousov’s statement.

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Digital asset manager Bakkt Holdings, Inc., announced on Thursday that the company has acquired the firm Apex Crypto from Apex Fintech Solutions.