134 Episodes

  1. Cyber insurance: as losses rise, the industry ponders uninsurable risks

    Published: 20/10/2021
  2. How can banks, insurers, and asset managers reduce their vast financial exposure to carbon intensive industries?

    Published: 13/10/2021
  3. Biggest banks emerge stronger from pandemic and ready to face heightened competition

    Published: 06/10/2021
  4. Digital financial landscape threatens banks’ role as intermediaries

    Published: 22/09/2021
  5. Decrypting Coinbase: financial strength supports credit in emerging, uncertain sector

    Published: 15/09/2021
  6. Reinsurance outlook is back to stable; fintech adoption jolts Korea’s insurers

    Published: 08/09/2021
  7. COVID-19 resurgence raises asset risks for Southeast Asian and Indian banks

    Published: 25/08/2021
  8. Korea’s Kakao Bank demonstrates Big Tech’s potential threat to incumbent lenders

    Published: 11/08/2021
  9. Transformation of US health insurers brings greater revenue, higher leverage

    Published: 28/07/2021
  10. Stablecoins multiply, adding competition in financial services

    Published: 14/07/2021
  11. Inflation’s return is a net positive for global banks, US life insurers

    Published: 30/06/2021
  12. Industry outlooks for global insurance and asset management return to stable in strengthening economy

    Published: 16/06/2021
  13. Climate change casts a cloud on bank asset quality and financial strength

    Published: 02/06/2021
  14. Regulators again try to rein in money market funds’ systemic risks

    Published: 19/05/2021
  15. Inflation rattles emerging markets finance; government support slips for petro state banks

    Published: 05/05/2021
  16. US life insurance industry transforms itself through M&A

    Published: 21/04/2021
  17. Asset managers find new frontiers for growth; African banks’ environmental risk rises

    Published: 07/04/2021
  18. Outlook for many banking sectors across the globe turns stable as economies start to recover

    Published: 31/03/2021
  19. Cybersecurity is strongest at larger financial institutions and those with good cyber communication

    Published: 24/03/2021
  20. Financial regulators sharpen climate risk focus, asset managers see ESG investments bloom

    Published: 10/03/2021

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Hosted by Danielle Reed of Moody's Financial Institutions team, Focus on Finance helps you keep on top of developments within the banking, insurance and asset management sectors — from the impact of tech disrupters and cyber risk to the ongoing effects of ESG and lower-for-longer interest rates. Published by Moody's Investors Service.

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