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Fitch Ratings : policy risk increasingly important in European mortgages
Political considerations will increasingly influence the performance of mortgage markets in some European countries in 2013 and may undermine their full-recourse nature, Fitch Ratings...
Fitch Ratings : sovereign crisis weighs on Italian insurers
Fitch Ratings says in a newly published report that the Eurozone debt crisis, despite showing signs of stabilisation, will continue to threaten Italian insurers'...
Germany : banks are prepared for any scenario on Greece
German banks are "prepared for all possible scenarios" with regard to Greece even if their exposure remains "limited", the country's financial watchdog BaFin said...
Fitch Ratings : Italian, Spanish insurers are the most exposed to a Greek exit from the Eurozone
Italian and Spanish insurers are most exposed to a Greek exit from the Eurozone - through the contagion effect it could have on Italian...
ING wary of Greece
Dutch banking and insurance group ING said effects from the European debt crisis were worsening, and that serious consequences could arise from a disorderly...
Standard and Poor’s downgrading insurers
Standard and Poor's have taken negative movements on the ratings of at least four major insurance groups this weekend, painting a bleak picture for...
Allianz : Eurozone on the road to recovery?
For the first time since the global financial crisis began, economic imbalances in the eurozone as a whole have relaxed slightly, an Allianz report...
ECB : report on the financing of SMEs in Eurozone
The European Central Bank (ECB) has publishing its fifth report on the results of the "Survey on the access to finance of small and...
JP Morgan : 2011 review and 2012 outlook
Review of 2011
Investors have had a difficult year. With stubbornly high inflation to contend with in the Eurozone, the UK and the US, weak...
Europe : austerity bites Europe with winter cold
Europe is now facing austerity measures, governments are cutting welfare programs and raising taxes. Winter cold is coming as Europeans face a bleak...
ING : cuts its exposure to Italian sovereign bonds
In an attempt to ease market concerns on its exposure to troubled Eurozone countries, ING announced it has substantially cut its holding of Italian...
Lloyd’s : cuts European debt exposure
The Lloyd's of London insurance market announced that it has slashed its exposure to European government debt and pulled cash out of some of...
Italy : bank default insurance costs hit record high
Eurozone countries have been battered, Italy in particular, as the fears over the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis escalate. Furthermore, the cost of insuring Italian...
Credit default swaps for France, Italy hit record highs
Insurance against credit defaults by France and Italy reached record high levels on Monday as investors worried about the difficulty faced by countries across...
Chile Central Bank considers it too early to cut interest rates
Central Bank of Chile said at its August 18 monetary policy meeting that it considers it too early to cut interest rates, and this...
Greece : hopes EU / private sector deal completed by October
Greek Finance Minister hopes to have completed all procedures for the new debt rescue deal, including a bond swap with private creditors, by early...
Munich Re / statement : no more ‘absolutely safe investments’
The budget crises facing the Eurozone and United States mean there are no longer any "absolutely safe investments," the head of the leading global...
EIOPA : Eurozone debt crisis biggest threat to insurers
EIOPA is warning insurers about the Eurozone sovereign debt being their biggest threat. The risk related to their government bond holdings could suffer losses.
"The...
Debt crisis : financial market panic
European financial markets felt panic Tuesday July 12, as investors were worried the debt crisis would spread to Italy and Spain. Finance ministers only...
Europe : debt crisis may affect more countries
The Bank for International Settlements said sovereign debt crises are expected to widen to more countries, and public debts are more likely to be...
