Although growth is still expected for 2015, weakness in the first half reveals challenges related to dependence on commodities and U.S. trade
Banks face pressure to simplify businesses in wake of regulators’ “living wills” rejection, says rating agency
Decline due to a lackluster trading environment and subdued client activity, says ratings agency
Supervision list reduced to 120 institutions from 128
Risks remain but ratings agency predicts global growth will accelerate in 2014 and 2015
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS will all participate in the tests
Estimated shortfall to comply with new leverage rule is US$68 billion, says Fitch
First months of 2014 generated the fifth largest total of insured losses to date
FSB and IOSCO propose methodology for assessing financial firms as systemic risks
Ratings agency sees growth slowing in emerging markets