Digital assets: regulation and infrastructure for an evolving economy Wednesday 26 October, Launch As new financial instruments and techniques emerge, particularly from the decentralised finance community, regulators must develop the…
HIGHLIGHTSOctober 10 2022 Global Markets In reaction to strong US employment data which support expectations of further aggressive Fed policy tightening, global equity markets came under pressure, USTs weakened, and…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Tuesday, 27 July 2021) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS July 27 2021 Global Markets According to data released y-day, US new home sales fell unexpectedly in…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Friday 5 February, 2021) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS February 5 2021 Global Markets Risk sentiment remained upbeat amid continued progress on the vaccine roll out…
Hot Port news from GAC 21-Aug-2019 CANAL’S ‘A’ RATING AFFIRMED WITH STABLE OUTLOOK Panama Canal, Panama Canal’s ‘A’ rating affirmed with stable outlook Wednesday, August 21, 2019, Panama Canal, Panama…
Fitch Upgrades Sovcomflot to ‘BB+’; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings – London – 29 May 2019: Fitch Ratings has upgraded Russia-based PAO Sovcomflot’s (SCF) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB+’…
Weaker reinsurance firms face credit downgrades, warns Fitch Ratings By James Brewer Some of the world’s smaller reinsurers hit by a persistent pricing downturn are living with the prospect of…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: US non-farm payrolls rose by 151k in August, less than the 180k market consensus following an upwardly revised 275k gain in the prior…
Reinsurers are maintaining financial strength but face structural market change, warns Fitch Ratings in its 2016 Global Reinsurance report By James Brewer Absence of large losses for several years, intense…
Russian insurers face premium and reserving risks, Fitch Ratings warns, By James Brewer The Russian insurance sector remains over-reliant on loss-making motor business, where new rules have made it even…