All the headlines from our Europe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2021 // This wrap-up of International People Moves details recent appointments at Hiscox, Canopius, IGI and HDI Global.A summary of these new hires follows here. HiscoxSpecialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Robert Dietrich...
Apr 7 2021 // A range of European Union institutions including the European Commission were hit by a significant cyber attack last week.A spokesperson for the commission said that a number of EU bodies “experienced an IT security...
Mar 30 2021 // LONDON – Britain should not be “short-sighted” and copy European Union rules just to keep financial activity in London, Bank of England executive director for financial stability Alex Brazier said on...
Mar 29 2021 // STOCKHOLM — “I get an email almost every morning from some SPAC seller telling me to do a SPAC with them,” said Johnny Boufarhat, CEO of Hopin, a virtual events platform. “It’s interesting,...
Mar 29 2021 // LONDON — Britain and the European Union agreed a new post-Brexit financial services pact on Friday that will allow them to cooperate on regulation but does little to improve the City of London’s access to the...
Mar 26 2021 // LONDON – There is a growing realization that Britain should not wait for unlikely European Union access for financial services but get on with building a more competitive City of London, a senior lawmaker said on...
Mar 24 2021 // The City of London may be better off staying out of the EU’s financial services market as it would have to sacrifice autonomy over setting rules to win full access, a report by Britain’s upper house of...
Mar 23 2021 // Policy makers who are raising the alarm over water scarcity could still be underestimating the scale of droughts in store for central European economies, according to new research.More frequent dry spells over the last...
Mar 18 2021 // Britain expects to seal a financial services cooperation pact with the European Union shortly, a senior finance ministry official told a conference on challenges from market fragmentation.The City of London’s ties...
Mar 18 2021 // BRUSSELS – The European Union threatened on Wednesday to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic that would jeopardize plans to...
Mar 17 2021 // Funds investing in “brown” or polluting companies would be hit far harder than environmentally friendly “green” funds in a climate-related market shock, the European Union’s securities...
Mar 10 2021 // LONDON/BRUSSELS – For money managers and advisers keen to market their sustainable investing credentials to European clients, going green is about to get a lot tougher.Under a suite of new EU finance rules due to be...
Mar 5 2021 // 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...
Mar 4 2021 // Climate change is weakening the ocean currents that shape weather on both sides of the Atlantic.The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during the 20th century has weakened more than at any other time over the last...
Mar 3 2021 // BRUSSELS – Aon will face a list of objections by the EU’s antitrust watchdog which it must overcome with concessions to proceed with its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson, two people familiar with the matter...
Mar 2 2021 // The European Commission said on Tuesday that it was considering emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines as a faster alternative to more rigorous conditional marketing authorisations which have been used so far.The move...
Mar 2 2021 // LONDON – The shift in financial staff and assets from the City of London to the European Union because of Brexit has eased after Britain completed its full departure from the bloc, a tracker from consultants EY showed on...
Feb 26 2021 // The European Union is bolstering its 14-trillion-euro ($17 trillion) economy against damage caused by the impacts of climate change, from droughts to floods and forest loss.Under an updated climate adaptation strategy...
Feb 25 2021 // Britain is conducting a review of its financial rulebooks and policies to see how it can keep its 130 billion pound ($184 billion) finance sector competitive after Brexit left it largely cut off from the European Union.The...
Feb 24 2021 // MILAN – Italy’s top insurer Generali said on Wednesday it launched a 3.5 billion euro ($4.26 billion) investment plan over five years to support the recovery of European countries hit by COVID-19.The plan, dubbed...