On Tuesday, in a statement HSBC Holdings PLC said, it plans on accelerating its restructuring plans after it posted a 35% drop in quarterly profits and flagged an easing in its provisions for bad debts citing an expected improvements in the… Read More ›
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China’s Dajia Insurance Group to take over the assets of Anbang Insurance Group
Dajia Insurance Group has a registered capital of $2.97 billion. According to a Chinese government document, Beijing has formed a new company called Dajia Insurance Group in order to take over the assets of Anbang Insurance Group. According to a… Read More ›
Time to bet big on India: Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman
Macro and micro economic conditions makes investment opportunities in India a lucrative option. In an interview published by the Economic Times on Friday, Blackstone’s chairman Stephen Schwarzman stated, given India’s current scenario, this is the best time to invest in… Read More ›
Banks across the Eurozone gets reprieve from ECB’s bad loan guidelines
Saddled with 750 billions euros in sour loans, ECB’s guidelines had wanted banks to hike up their provisions against these non-performing assets. On Thursday, the European Central Bank stated although its guidelines on the treatment of non- performing assets of… Read More ›
European Commission wants banks to reduce their NPAs through secured loans within 8 years
The draft proposal is aimed at significantly reducing the stock of bad loans in the European Union. On Friday, a source familiar with the matter at hand stated, the European Commission has prepared a draft proposal aimed at reducing the… Read More ›