The FINANCIAL -- Zurich Financial Services Group announced the successful placement of USD 500 million of undated Capital Notes, first callable in 2018. The transaction primarily targeted investors in the Asian market, ccording to Zurich.

The FINANCIAL -- The world’s vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheaval risk undermining the progress that globalization has brought, warns the World Economic Forum in its Global Risks 2012 report, the seventh edition, published on 11 January, according to  Swiss Re.

The FINANCIAL -- ‘Building the bank of the future’ is the main theme for the ING Investor Day during which Jan Hommen, CEO of ING Group will lay out the strategy of ING Bank for the coming years, according to ING.

The FINANCIAL -- This provocative statement from Professor Bert Rürup struck a chord at the second day of the Berlin Demography Forum, according to Allianz.

The FINANCIAL -- The event's main speakers include Germany's minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth Kristina Schröder as well as the Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich and Allianz CEO Michael Diekmann, according to Allianz.