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...Most, but not all, of the Ecuadorean bonds have been placed, primarily with pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers....
...Blackstone will combine its insurance and credit businesses into an integrated unit called Blackstone Credit & Insurance, which chief executive Steve Schwarzman says could grow to manage $1tn in the next...
...The more deposits customers withdraw, the pricier default insurance will be....
...side effects, leaving national governments on the hook instead....
...Holdings of UK-listed companies by British pension and insurance funds have plunged from about half of their portfolios to 4 per cent over the past two decades, according to data from Ondra....
...It was confirmed that the cap on bankers’ bonuses would indeed be abolished and capital restrictions on insurance companies would be eased through a revision to Solvency II, an EU-inspired regulation....
...JAB has acquired stakes in two companies from Fairfax, taking over its interests in Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group and Pethealth in a deal announced on Monday....
...Namely that the tax incentives available in freeports — lower business rates, tax deductions on plant and machinery, reduced national insurance contributions on hiring new employees — tend to displace economic...
...Steve Johnston, chief executive of Suncorp, said that the sale comes at a time when “the value of insurance has never been greater”....
...AI is giving underwriters godlike powers, according to the president of Sompo Holdings, one of Japan’s biggest insurance companies....
...Last year, the authorities agreed a deal to sell debt-ridden national airline Air India to conglomerate Tata Group, ending a two-decade hunt for a buyer....
...insurance and dividend taxation from April, and to raise the employment allowance from £4,000 to £5,000.Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation, called for the national insurance rise to be delayed, warning...
...Beijing’s zero-Covid and national security measures have shifted mood for global investors, wiping trillions of dollars off the value of the country’s biggest tech companies....
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...The responses point to higher fuel and utility bills, rising National Insurance and business taxes, supply chain disruption and the combination of higher wages and labour shortages....
...Not since the one-child policy has a national strategy touched nearly every individual in China....
...The collapse this year of Greensill Capital raised questions about fintech companies that link depositors to banks....
...The national insurance rise had already gone through. It had been passed as a health and social care levy, which people broadly bought into at the time....
...While theatre owners and companies welcomed the extra money ploughed into the sector, the Budget announcement did not address the lack of Covid-related insurance for big productions....
...Insurance providers, capital markets, public opinion, and government policy are all turning against the established oil and gas producers....
...The league’s biggest impact would be to blow up two of football’s cornerstones: competition and tradition, writes Simon Kuper....
...two weeks ago announced a merger with its insurance affiliate, Athene....
...As a dual German-US national, I was brought up with an international perspective. I also have a deep affection for the UK....
...In the news Apollo to merge with Athene Apollo Global Management is to merge with Athene Holding, the life insurance company it created at the height of the financial crisis, transforming the alternative...
...Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has said the insurance policies at the heart of the Greensill Capital collapse may not have been valid, as investors pressed the company to detail its exposure to the lender...
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