by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management
Fatih Birol ,executive director,International Energy Agency The core of the current disruption remains the Strait of Hormuz, a primary maritime artery that previously facilitated the transport of 20 million barrels of oil and petroleum products daily. The passage is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation, Risk Management
PwC “turned a blind eye” to Evergrande’s fraud, the Chinese securities regulator has said. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agreed to pay HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation to settle investigations into its auditing work for the collapsed property giant...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Goldman agreed in 2020 to pay $2.9 billion in penalties and have a Malaysian unit admit criminal wrongdoing to settle 1MDB probes by the U.S. Justice Department and other authorities. Goldman Sachs has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the Wall Street...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
It would be the first time a product in the market for insurance-linked securities specifically targets data-center risk, according to Hilti. Euler plans to structure the vehicle as a so-called sidecar, meaning investors will take a quota share of an insurer’s risk....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
“We expect a lot of financial disputes and a lot of force majeure,” Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. CFO Guillaume Vermersch said at the Financial Times Global Commodities Summit, adding that how the situation plays out out could shape some of the firm’s profit this year....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
The meeting chaired by the Finance Minister deliberated on various risks that AI posed on the financial sector, sources said, adding that banks have been urged to take preemptive measures to secure their systems, data and money of customers. New Delhi:Finance Minister...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life
A report by Niva Bupa Health Insurance highlights that health insurance ownership in India correlates more strongly with financial maturity than income levels alone. Policyholders demonstrate better financial discipline, including stronger portfolio diversification,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Policy
Inclusion of candidates from the private sector is a departure from the set procedure, and this is the first time that the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) would consider them for selection for more than half a dozen vacancies of EDs expected to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Technology
“Insurance comes out as one of the stronger sectors in the survey, with solid groundwork in place for using AI. It has clear direction and strong controls around security and risk, however, it is not yet using AI as widely as the top performers. The biggest gap...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
“The next 25 years will not just be about scale, but about intelligent scale. Financial markets are now evolving in the fastest ways possible, becoming more interconnected and complex.”CS Setty,chairman, SBI Mumbai:Artificial intelligence will play a...
