US insurance regulators back down on credit ratings scrutiny

Industry resistance thwarts effort to examine ratings on billions of dollars in private loans held by insurers

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

HSBC shares fall as results disappoint

Third-quarter profits and revenues at Europe’s biggest bank miss expectations

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

HSBC shares slide as results disappoint

Third-quarter profits and revenues at Europe’s biggest bank narrowly miss expectations

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Bank of England orders review of Revolut’s product approval processes

Section 166 order came earlier this year and is focused on risks around rapid launches of new financial products

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Insurers bullish on private markets even as government bond yields rise

Three-quarters of the groups surveyed in a BlackRock poll are looking to increase their allocations to unlisted assets

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Flávio Bolsonaro’s passport cancelled as reports say he has fled Brazil

Defeated rightwing presidential candidate is under investigation by federal police over alleged corruption and money laundering

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Israel election turnout highest in decades

First vote since October 7 2023 attack pits Netanyahu’s far-right coalition against opposition bloc in knife-edge contest

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Washington discusses Russian deals for US oil majors in Ukraine peace talks

White House proposes renewed postwar business ties in an effort to bring President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Putin lectures Nordic leaders on Russian history

Russia’s leader goes on extended tangent in call with western European leaders as they seek to revive Ukraine peace talks

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026

Britain is trying to cut its deficit quickly — can it do it mainly through tax rises?

Economists warn ahead of chancellor John Healey’s first Budget that the UK must also exercise spending restraint

Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026