Ride the cycle
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The impact on the insurance sector of the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US has great implications for proposed new rules on bank capital. European insurers are seeking a relaxation of accounting and solvency rules which could force them to sell shares in a declining market.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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New crises, new rules
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Banking crises have cost around $250 billion since 1980, and many banks in Asia are having grave difficulties that could hurt world markets. The Basle Committee has proposed a set of 25 'core principles' that emerging nations could adopt to prevent banking catastrophes.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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In the land of milk and money
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The merger between the bank Credit Suisse and insurer Winterthur appears to offer only limited immediate advantages to both firms. Winterthur was prompted to enter the merger because investor Martin Ebner had planned to purchase a larger share of the insurer.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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