Guy Carpenter & Co., reinsurance specialist and a unit of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of its Capital Advisory Group in Asia Pacific, with the appointments of Michael Owen and Hussain Ahmad to lead this new operation. The capital pressures …
TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to normal production at its fire-hit plant, even as the government urged some Taiwanese companies to help with alternative chip production. …
LONDON – Britain should not be “short-sighted” and copy European Union rules just to keep financial activity in London, Bank of England executive director for financial stability Alex Brazier said on Monday. The City of London was cut adrift from …
The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at least $24 million in expenses they will be unable to recoup as their insurance policies do not cover them, industry …
LONDON – Mastercard, a global payment processor, is battling attempts to add about 14 million deceased people to a 14 billion pound-plus ($19.3 billion) British class action in an effort to limit the scope of the historic case. A Mastercard …
The blocking of the Suez Canal and resulting disruption to global shipping is likely to cause a large loss event for the reinsurance industry, according to Fitch Ratings. This event will reduce global reinsurers’ earnings but should not materially affect …
STOCKHOLM — “I get an email almost every morning from some SPAC seller telling me to do a SPAC with them,” said Johnny Boufarhat, CEO of Hopin, a virtual events platform. “It’s interesting, but it also doesn’t make sense for …
Adventurers in what is perhaps the most lucrative and risky corner of the cryptocurrency world are starting to see a bit of a safety net. In the past year, scores of investors big and small have poured billions into decentralized-finance …
LONDON — Britain and the European Union agreed a new post-Brexit financial services pact on Friday that will allow them to cooperate on regulation but does little to improve the City of London’s access to the bloc. Britain left the …
ISMAILIA, Egypt – Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship which had been blocking the channel for almost a week, causing a huge build-up of vessels around …
