Climate Change Could Cut 63 Countries’ Credit Ratings by 2030: University Study March 22, 2021 By Marc Jones LONDON – A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half...
Global Dividends Outcome ‘Worst Since Global Financial Crisis’ August 24, 2020 By Marc Jones The coronavirus crisis will see the world’s biggest firms slash dividend payouts between 17%-23% this year or what could be...
‘Impossible’ to Agree to Full EU-U.K. Brexit Trade Deal by Year End: EU Head January 9, 2020 By William James and Marc Jones Britain will find it “basically impossible” to negotiate all aspects of its future relationship with the European Union by the...
Reinsurers, Insurtech Startups Increasingly Seek Mutually Beneficial Partnerships July 18, 2018 By Marc Jones Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but...
European Central Bank Warns of Risks to Insurers of Low Interest Rates May 29, 2015 By Marc Jones The European Central Bank said on Thursday that record low interest rates were putting insurance firms and banks under increasing...
ECB’s Plan to Buy Bonds Risks Making it Europe’s ‘Bad Bank’ May 18, 2010 By Krista Hughes and Marc Jones The European Central Bank’s decision to buy tarnished debt in the euro zone risks turning it into Europe’s de facto...