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EU Agrees to Ease Capital Rules for Insurers to Boost Investment
Date: December 14, 2023
EU agrees to ease capital rules for insurers to boost investment By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union agreed a deal on Wednesday to ease its capital rules for insurers, a step the bloc’s lawmakers said could free up tens of billions of euros for investing in green technology and infrastructure to boost growth....
Bank of England to Review How It Stress Tests Banks
Date: October 10, 2023
Bank of England to review how it stress tests banks By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s banking system is well capitalised to withstand shocks the Bank of England said on Tuesday, adding that next year’s annual health check of major lenders will dispense with bank-by-bank results while a “stocktake” of stress testing takes place....
Bank of England Delays Final Basel Bank Capital Rules to July 2025
Date: September 27, 2023
Bank of England delays final Basel bank capital rules to July 2025 LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England on Wednesday said it would delay by six months to July 2025 its roll out of the final leg of international bank capital rules that began after the global financial crisis over a decade ago. The...
Britain Says Insurer Capital Rule Changes to Start by End of 2023
Date: June 22, 2023
Britain says insurer capital rule changes to start by end of 2023 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s finance ministry said on Thursday that the first batch of post-Brexit reforms to ‘Solvency II’ capital rules for insurers, which it hopes will unlock billions of pounds to boost growth, will be implemented by the end of...
Swiss National Bank Calls for New Measures After Credit Suisse Crash
Date: June 22, 2023
Swiss National Bank calls for new measures after Credit Suisse crash By Noele Illien ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Thursday said it was crucial to draw lessons from the Credit Suisse crisis that led to the bank’s downfall and forced rescue by rival UBS and consider measures that would prevent such events...
Switzerland’s Social Democrats Propose Shrinking UBS – Aargauer Zeitung
Date: May 30, 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party has drawn up a proposal to shrink UBS assets after its takeover of Credit Suisse, the Aargauer Zeitung newspaper reported. The combined bank will have a balance sheet of around 1.5 trillion Swiss francs – roughly double the size of the Swiss economy, posing enormous risks to the...