Financial Services – Page 5
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AnalysisEU watchdog calls time on banks tweaking risk measures
Study finds some banks holding 70% less capital than peers
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AnalysisCyprus €17bn debt threats to derail eurozone
EU officials back the country despite it facing a ‘material and rising risk’
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AnalysisPolitical and economic concerns a threat to global infrastructure development: Marsh
Broker urges organisations to incorporate political risk assessments and protection mechanisms into project decision-making processes
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AnalysisVenezuela cuts its currency by 32% in relation to dollar
Chavez acts to halt runaway inflation in the country
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AnalysisEuro zone unemployment holds at 11.7%
Yet unemployment rate in December 2012 still up 10% from a year earlier
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AnalysisEMEA insurance market to remain stable in 2013: Marsh
Reductions on rates may continue trend witnessed during the later half of 2012
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AnalysisHalf of UK businesses have not invested in IT for two years
Worryingly, more than one-third of businesses do not plan to upgrade IT systems until after the recession
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AnalysisTwo-thirds of banks suffered a DDoS attack in 2012
Banks set to improve IT security in wake of last year’s high-profile cyber attacks
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AnalysisBundesbank announces plans to repatriate foreign-held gold
Bank will store half of Germany’s gold in the country by 2020
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AnalysisGermany to begin repatriating foreign-held gold according to reports
World’s second largest bullion holder to announce new approach to where its gold will be stored
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AnalysisUS fiscal cliff deal sends shares soaring
Markets respond positively to agreement that stops key spending cuts and tax rises – but long-term fears remain
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AnalysisEU reaches deal to allow ECB supervision of eurozone banks
European finance ministers have agreed to rules allowing the supervision of eurozone banks marking the first step on the road to closer integration.
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Comment
‘Governments have been struggling with the burgeoning pension crisis for years’
The Rolling Stones have courted notoriety and flaunted with risk in equal measure as the world’s most enduring rock and roll band.That all but one member of the group have lived to tell the tale, despite well-documented battles with substance and alcohol addiction, complex matrimonial strife, numerous run-ins with authority ...
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FeaturesDifficult road ahead to recovery
Although Italy’s economy is not in as critical a state as analysts had anticipated, the country will have to navigate its way past various obstacles on the way to financial and social stability
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AnalysisHSBC to pay record €1.5bn over money laundering scandal
Sum dwarfs that set aside over allegations of drug trafficking and terrorist financing
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AnalysisRisk committees in Belarusian banks by 2013
Parliament approves legislation to require risk committees be set up and chaired by independent directors
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AnalysisGerman insurance outlook remains negative: Moody's
Macro-economic headwinds, poor profitability and challenges posed by Solvency II all weigh heavily on the sector
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AnalysisEuropean markets fall on Monti resignation plan
Italian prime minister to resign by year’s end after Berlusconi’s People of Liberty Party withdraws support for government
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AnalysisAsian countries dominate new Growth Markets Index
Developing nations also fare well in new Index produced by Maplecroft
