China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

Euromoney’s 2012 FX survey results

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October 2005

How insurers withstood Katrina


Hurricane Katrina has wreaked havoc in numerous ways but insurance companies appear well positioned to deal with the single largest event in the industry's history.


Hurricane Katrina has wreaked havoc in numerous ways: on peoples lives and homes that now have to be rebuilt, the US budget deficit which goes from bad to worse, and the insurance and reinsurance sector.

The bad news is that, while there is no consensus on the financial impact in the form of insurance claims, even the lower end of estimates of $40 billion would...


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