London Financial Employees Return to Offices Despite Rising Virus Cases September 14, 2021 By Rachel Armstrong, Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON — There’s no free lunch in finance – except when banks are wooing workers back to the office. London’s...
Britain Shouldn’t Blindly Adopt EU Rules Just to Keep Business in London: BoE’s Brazier March 30, 2021 By Rachel Armstrong and Huw Jones LONDON – Britain should not be “short-sighted” and copy European Union rules just to keep financial activity in London, Bank...
U.S. Fintech Firm to Buy Worldpay for $35B in Biggest Ever Digital Payments Deal March 18, 2019 By Justin George Varghese, Rachel Armstrong and Pamela Barbaglia Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) agreed to buy Worldpay for about $35 billion on Monday, with the U.S. financial...
EU and Singapore Finalize Details of Far-Reaching Trade Deal September 23, 2013 By Philip Blenkinsop and Rachel Armstrong The European Union and Singapore have finalized the details of one of the world’s most comprehensive free trade agreements, a...
Big Insurers May Escape Capital Surcharges Under Global Regulations August 16, 2011 By Noriyuki Hirata and Rachel Armstrong New rules to ensure no insurance company is too big to fail are set to be drawn up in time...
China Accounting Scandals Put Big Four Auditors on Red Alert June 24, 2011 By Rachel Armstrong The string of accounting problems and stock plunges at publicly traded Chinese groups has sparked deep concerns across the world’s...
Japan Nuclear Crisis to Trigger Huge Civil Damage Claims April 4, 2011 By Rachel Armstrong Japan’s nuclear crisis is likely to lead to one of the country’s largest and most complex ever set of claims...
Stability Board Says ‘Much Work to be Done’ to Secure Financial System November 12, 2010 By Rachel Armstrong The Group of 20’s financial taskforce said on Friday there is still much work to be done on its regulation...
Insurance Supervisors Warn Against European Union’s Levy on Sector June 28, 2010 By Adrian Murdoch and Rachel Armstrong It would be unfair to include insurance companies in the European Union’s proposed banking levy, industry supervisors said Sunday. Yoshihiro...