International
Goldman-to-Soros Backed Mortgage Insurer Essent Files for IPO
Essent Group Ltd., a mortgage insurer backed by investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and George Soros, filed for an initial public offering as investors pour capital into companies that ...
AXA’s CEO Invites Fed Taper as End of ‘Financial Repression’
AXA SA Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries said France's largest insurer would welcome steps the U.S. Federal Reserve to scale back monthly asset purchases that have depressed bond yields. "One ...
Wrecked Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Raised off Rocks in Italy
Salvage crews completed raising the wreck of the Costa Concordia in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a 19-hour-long operation on the Italian island of Giglio where the huge cruise liner ...
Financial Stability Board’s Report Misses the Mark: PCI Executive Perspective
In the United States, football season has just arrived. In Europe, football season has been underway since August. While both are sports and both sports are called "football," they couldn't be more ...
Ex-JPM ‘Whale’ Deputy Argues He Was Just Following Orders
A lawyer for a former JPMorgan Chase & Co employee who worked with "the London Whale" Bruno Iksil, has been trying to convince U.S. prosecutors that his client was the unwitting victim of ...
Zurich Delayed Ad Campaign Launching
By rolling out television, print and billboard marketing campaigns on Monday, Zurich Insurance is aiming to advertise business as usual after a suicide and resignation in the Swiss insurer's top ...
Analysis: Brazil May Be Spending Its Way Towards A Downgrade
Brazil's finances are set to deteriorate substantially next year, leaving the government with few options to revive a sputtering economy and raising the threat of a credit downgrade. The government ...
Ackermann Quits Siemens, Dismisses Influence in CFO Suicide
Josef Ackermann said he will step down as deputy chairman of Siemens AG's supervisory board and dismissed the idea that he had any bearing on the suicide of the finance chief at Zurich Insurance ...