International
Saft Commentary: Europe Chokes Moral Hazard
Moral hazard may not be quite dead in Europe but it has a bad, hacking cough. A new, tougher policy on banking bailouts, made flesh in Cyprus and enunciated by Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen ...
Lloyd’s Posts $4.5 Billion Profit for 2012
Lloyd's reported an overall profit of $4.517 billion for 2012, making the $800 million loss in 2011, the costliest year on record for natural catastrophes, a fading memory. Controlled growth in 2012 ...
Analysis: Shareholder Revolt Over Pay Unlikely in Europe This Spring
While politicians and public have fulminated against lottery-sized pay awards in Europe's boardrooms, fund firms, which wield the real power, are less concerned by such excesses and unlikely to use ...
London Still Tops in Top 10 Global Financial Centers
London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore remain the top four financial centers around the globe. That's according to the latest survey conducted by the Financial Center Futures team at the London ...
Analysis: How Outsourcing to India Is Changing and Why
India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders they normally hire as they try to squeeze ...
New York Has Lowest Risk For Employment Recruiting: Aon Hewitt
New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees, according to rankings released by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources business of Aon plc. This is ...
Cyprus Deal Drives Up Insurance Costs on European Bank Debt
The cost of insuring European bank debt against default jumped on Monday after a senior EU official said the bailout of Cyprus could be used as a template for resolving bank problems elsewhere. The ...UK Weighs Immigration Insurance for ‘High Risk’ Visitors
Those wanting to see Big Ben better make sure they've got some cash on hand if they're visiting from a "high risk" country. British deputy leader Nick Clegg said his government is studying the idea ...