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5 03, 2021

Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study

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The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings facility, a global study showed on Friday, highlighting the risk of so-called “upstream” construction techniques that some countries have banned. …

5 03, 2021

Insurer Aviva Seeks New London Headquarters to Cut Post-Pandemic Office Footprint

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Aviva Plc is searching for a new City of London headquarters as the UK insurer prepares to slash its office footprint. The firm started looking for new offices in the financial district early last year, but shelved its plans once …

5 03, 2021

French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising

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PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain Groupe Casino is violating human rights and environment rules by selling beef linked to deforestation and …

5 03, 2021

UK and EU on Track to Agree on Financial Services Cooperation – but Trust Must Be Built

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Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK’s actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to build trust, the bloc’s financial services chief said on …

1 03, 2021

Ex-Credit Suisse CEO Raises $300M for Financial Services-Focused SPAC

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Former Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam raised $300 million for his blank-check company after boosting the size of the deal. Thiam’s Freedom Acquisition I Corp. sold 30 million units at $10 apiece in its U.S. initial …

1 03, 2021

S. Africa’s Steinhoff in Talks with D&O Insurers to Help Settle Accounting Crisis Claims

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Steinhoff International Holdings NV is in talks with the providers of director liability insurance policies about help settling legal claims resulting from a 2017 accounting crisis that took the South African retailer to the brink of collapse. An agreement with …

24 02, 2021

Plans to Reform UK Insurance Capital Rules Not Part of ‘Deregulatory Agenda’: Minister

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Britain’s plans to change capital requirement rules for insurers following its departure from the European Union are about tailoring them to local conditions rather than any “gratuitous deregulatory agenda,” its financial services minister said. Britain inherited the Solvency II insurance …

24 02, 2021

AXA, Other Mega-Investors Seek to Avoid Portfolios with Global Warming Potential

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All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA SA recently scored a market-beating success. Not by delivering higher returns, but by generating a lower level of global warming. …

24 02, 2021

Finland’s Sampo Steps Up Move to Become Pure Insurance Group, Cutting Nordea Stake

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Finnish financial group Sampo plc is continuing its transformation into a pure insurance group with an announcement that it will substantially cut its 15.9% stake in Nordea Bank. Sampo’s board and management said the company will focus on high-quality P/C …

24 02, 2021

French Privacy Watchdog Probes Massive Leak of Sensitive Health Data

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France’s privacy watchdog said it’s investigating the leak of sensitive health data on half a million people and said the companies involved could face heavy penalties if they don’t come forward with details of the breaches. The leaks were of …