BERLIN (Reuters) -Daimler Truck expects little impact on its business in 2022 from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the truck and bus maker said on Thursday, forecasting revenue growth of at least 14% and returns rising to 7%-9%.

Lloyd's of London faces major claims this year from the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not create solvency difficulties, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday.

Tokyo prosecutors have arrested SMBC Nikko Securities Vice President Toshihiro Sato for alleged market manipulation, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.

Daimler Truck reported an adjusted return on sales of 6.1% in 2021, recovering from its losses in 2020 but still at the lower end of its outlook as raw material prices and supply chain troubles weighed, the company said on Thursday.

Investors stayed bearish on most emerging Asian currencies and turned short on Thailand's baht for the first time in three months, as uncertainty from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and inflationary risks remained, a Reuters poll found on Thursday.

UBS and Credit Suisse have made further progress in how they would stabilise and restructure themselves in a financial crisis, Swiss financial watchdog FINMA said on Thursday.