Articles by Michelle Price, Pete Schroeder and Tatiana Bautzer

Regulators Fine Citi $136M for Failing to Fix Longstanding Data Issues

U.S. bank regulators fined Citigroup $136 million for making “insufficient progress” fixing data management issues identified in 2020 and required the bank to demonstrate it was putting enough resources toward those efforts. The joint enforcement action from the Federal Reserve …

Moody’s Creates Private Credit Rating and Research Group

Ratings agency Moody’s is creating a unit to research and rate private credit, the firm said on Monday. The unit will be headed by Ana Arsov, who will coordinate research and rating initiatives in the field, Moody’s Investors Service said …

Banking Industry Starts to Pick Its Battles Against New Capital Rules

Now that regulators in Washington have unfurled a hefty reform package of post-financial crisis capital regulations, banking industry advisers are honing in on what they consider most disruptive, including risk management requirements that could affect real estate lending, consumer credit …

Brazil Reinsurer IRB Rises 18% as Some Retail Investors Mimick GameStop

SAO PAULO – Brazilian reinsurer IRB Brasil Resseguros rose 18% on Thursday, closing at 7.67 reais, as some Brazilian retail investors mimicked their U.S. counterparts in trying to squeeze short sellers. Rio de Janeiro-based Squadra Investimentos last year uncovered accounting …

Reuters: Aon Alleges Fraud in $300M Brazilian Deal with Broker Admix

British insurance broker Aon Plc has accused the founder of Brazilian health and benefits insurance broker Admix of defrauding it when it acquired the company four years ago in a 1.35 billion reais ($300 million) deal, according to arbitration and …

Brazil State Lender Caixa Gets Ready for IPO of Insurance Unit

Brazilian state lender Caixa Economica Federal has chosen the bank syndicate that will manage the initial public offering (IPO) of its insurance unit, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. Morgan Stanley will lead a 10-bank syndicate including the …

Brazil Healthcare Insurer Intermédica Prepares for IPO: Sources

Brazilian healthcare services provider NotreDame Intermédica Sistema de Saude SA has hired banks to manage its initial public offering, which could be launched with a series of investor meetings as early as this week, two people with direct knowledge of …

France’s CNP Assurances in Talks to Buy BTG’s Brazil Insurance Units

French insurer CNP Assurances has entered exclusive talks with Grupo BTG Pactual SA to buy its 51 percent stake in Brazilian insurer Pan Seguros, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. CNP Assurances has offered 1.6 billion Brazilian …

Update: Senior Bradesco Insurance Executives Killed in Brazil Plane Crash

Marco Antonio Rossi, the top executive at the insurance arm of Brazil’s second-largest private-sector lender Banco Bradesco SA, was killed in a plane crash, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday. Rossi, 54, was aboard a Cessna Citation VII …

Insurers Face Claims of $600 Million from Brazilian Mine Disaster: Sources

Insurers covering risks for a Brazilian mine where two dams burst last week, killing at least six people, could pay up to $600 million in claims, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. A property policy …