Opinions

Chinese officials have made no secret that their greatly accelerated efforts at introducing and distributing the digital yuan are an opening move in their long-term...

International oil companies (IOCs) have chased opportunities in the Niger Delta region for years, given its abundant hydrocarbon resources at convenient production prices. However, their local...

Significant revisions to US anti money-laundering (AML) rules intensify financial crime risks for non-US banks by increasing the scope of potential investigations by the US...

Mining deals and transactions particularly for multinational companies and the transfer/revamp of mine assets between companies are required to be well scrutinized and the hard questions...

Infrastructure projects’ needs for private funding will increase in some Middle Eastern countries, Fitch Ratings says. This is due to a diminished ability of their...

New Hampshire’s legal challenge to Massachusetts’ temporary cross-border income tax on certain telecommuters has thrown the spotlight on state provisions for taxing non-resident income, says...

South Africa's sovereign rating (BB-/Negative) remains the key pressure on the country's bank ratings, Fitch Ratings says, as aggregated banking sector data for end-2020 published...

The U.S. property/casualty industry is poised to shift to a modest statutory underwriting loss in homeowners’ insurance for 2020 reported results, Fitch Ratings says. U.S....

Heightened risk of asset quality deterioration is the main threat to UAE banks' Viability Ratings in 2021-2022, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. Asset...

Romania's draft 2021 budget and medium-term deficit targets signal a shift from the expansionary stance that characterised fiscal policy pre-pandemic, Fitch Ratings says, but it...