Analysis – Page 16
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AnalysisPwC warns of risky insurance balance sheets
Insurers at risk of financial deterioration with reduced investment yields
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AnalysisLegal bills soar to $20m following whistleblowing spike
Regulatory investigations up 17% year-on-year
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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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AnalysisRisk manager salaries could increase 2.5% in 2013
Insurers also expect to see financial compensation improve, while bankers’ is expected to drop
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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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AnalysisJP Morgan ordered to improve risk management
Regulators say poor control and risk management to blame for last year’s unexpected losses
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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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AnalysisAgreement reached on new EU-Singapore FTA
Trade agreement will open up opportunities for EU business in Southeast Asia
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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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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
