International
China to Strengthen Regulation of Financial Products
China will strengthen supervision of new financial products, particularly ones with complex structures and high leverage, to combat potential risks to the banking sector, the industry's regulator ...
UK’s New Regulators Take Over; FCA Now Responsible For Insurance Sector
In a move that is certainly not an April Fool's Day joke, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which has been responsible for regulating the UK's financial services industry since 1997, including ...
Taiwan Welcoming Bigger Investment by Chinese Banks in Financial Sector
Taiwan will ease rules to allow Chinese banks to buy bigger stakes in local banks and permit more Chinese firms to invest in its financial industry, the island's financial regulator said on Monday, ...
Japan Economic Policy At Critical Point; ‘Historic’ Shifts Could Unfold This Week: Reuters
'Historic' is an overused word. But if the Bank of Japan meets expectations and embarks this week on a radical policy shift to crush deflation, the meeting will go down as, well, historic. Because of ...
U.S. Dismisses Most Claims In LIBOR Private Lawsuits; Finds For Banks
The world's biggest banks won a major victory on Friday when a U.S. judge dismissed a "substantial portion" of the claims in private lawsuits accusing them of rigging global benchmark interest rates. ...
U.S. Insurance Regulators Renew Training Pact with Chinese Regulators
U.S. insurance regulators will continue a program of information sharing and cooperation that helps their counterparts in China learn about insurance regulatory practices in the U.S. The National ...
Greenberg’s View: Opening Global Markets, Shaping Foreign Relations
During his 60-year career, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg helped build American International Group (AIG) into the world's largest insurer by opening global markets and getting services industries ...
Insurance Covered Half of U.S. Disaster Costs in 2012: Swiss Re
Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters caused $186 billion in economic losses globally in 2012 and took approximately 14,000 lives, according to global insurer Swiss Re's latest sigma study. The ...