January 25, 2024
The criminal hacking gang LockBit said it was behind a ransomware attack that shut down some of the operations of EquiLend, a financial-technology firm that processes trillions of dollars of securities-lending transactions every month. The company, partly owned by some …
March 8, 2021
Long before Credit Suisse Group AG was forced to wind down a $10 billion group of funds it ran with financier Lex Greensill, there were plenty of red flags. Executives at the bank knew early on that a large portion …
March 5, 2021
The debacle that led to the unraveling of Lex Greensill’s trade-finance empire began with the firing of a manager at a Sydney unit of insurance giant Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. last year. After the July 8 dismissal by Bond & …
April 6, 2018
SoftBank Group Corp. borrowed about $8 billion through a margin loan backed by its Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stake as the Japanese technology giant aims to bolster its financial flexibility, according to people familiar with the matter. The loan, guaranteed …
August 28, 2015
Investors hunting for yield after a global financial rout might well take a detour to the headquarters of a tiny insurance company hidden away along a highway in west Dublin. Just as world markets cratered on August 24, troubled Irish …
August 24, 2015
FBD Holdings plc fell to a five-year low after Ireland’s only publicly traded insurer posted one of its biggest first-half losses on record and said it’s unlikely to be profitable until the end of 2016. The company will sell as …
August 21, 2015
Usually, economic recovery helps companies. Not so FBD Holdings plc. FBD, Ireland’s only publicly traded insurer, will publish first-half earnings in Dublin on Aug. 24, with analysts waiting to see whether the increasing claims linked to accelerating economic activity it …
February 5, 2014
RSA Insurance Group Plc has hired former Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc CEO Stephen Hester to lead the U.K. insurer as it seeks to put a scandal at its Irish unit behind it. Hester, 53, succeeds Simon Lee, who …