FTSE 100 falls as high yields weigh, but marks best week in 2 months

[ad_1] March 5 (Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 ended down on Friday as concerns around U.S. bond yields and sluggishness in the British housing market outweighed strength in energy stocks…

EXCLUSIVE Baker Hughes, AXA Group, 16 others quit Nord Stream 2 pipeline -U.S.

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Baker Hughes Co (BKR.N) and AXA Group (AXAF.PA) and 16 other companies recently quit work on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and…

India cenbank gives HDFC Bank selective regulatory relief post HDFC merger

[ad_1] MUMBAI, April 21 (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed HDFC Bank Ltd (HDBK.NS) and Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC) (HDFC.NS) selective regulatory relief to…

Opportunity from crisis: how investors are playing the post-pandemic property market

[ad_1] LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) – With its striking facade, Palazzo delle Poste in the heart of Milan is one of the more elegant office spaces in Europe, hosting the…

Italy close to securing industry safety net for Cinven-owned Eurovita, sources say

[ad_1] First Italian insurer under special administration Intesa among companies ready to back rescue deal Government, regulators confident Eurovita is isolated case ROME, March 30 (Reuters) – Italian authorities are…

South African catastrophes, power woes signal end of cheap insurance

[ad_1] South Africa long considered a low-risk market Pandemic, riots, floods have battered country in recent years Prospect of a power grid failure is adding to risk Reinsurers, insurance companies…

Exclusive: N. American fixed income group will not take legal action over Credit Suisse AT1 wipeout -source

[ad_1] TORONTO, March 23 (Reuters) – The Credit Roundtable, a lobby group of some of the biggest fixed income asset managers from the United States and Canada, has decided not…

EXCLUSIVE ADB, Citi, HSBC, Prudential hatch plan for Asian coal-fired closures -sources

[ad_1] ADB, Prudential, Citi, HSBC, BlackRock devising coal plan Initiative aims to secure funding at COP26 summit ADB preparing feasibility study on early closures LONDON/MELBOURNE, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Financial…

Breakingviews – Richard Li’s insurer offers geopolitical cover

[ad_1] HONG KONG, March 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Time may be on Richard Li’s side. The tycoon is preparing to list his $9 billion Asian insurer FWD in his home…

Manulife latest financial firm to postpone back to office plans amid COVID spread

[ad_1] Dec 17 (Reuters) – Manulife Financial Corp (MFC.TO), Canada’s biggest life insurer, on Friday became the latest financial company to delay its return-to-office plans for its North American staff…