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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's markets watchdog proposed a traffic light system on Wednesday showing savers how much value for

Britain said on Thursday it would propose a law next year to regulate raters of company environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, whose benchmarks help channel billions of dollars into sustainability-focused investment funds.

Global shares have firmed, capping a rollercoaster week on a calmer footing after US jobs data eased concerns the world's biggest economy was headed for a hard landing.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo: Getty

Britain's financial regulator fined audit firm PwC £15-million ($19.3-million) on Friday for failing to alert the watchdog that London

LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s insurers are still unable to show they provide good outcomes for consumers, the country’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday, a year since the introduction of tougher protections for investors.

Asset manager H2O has voluntarily offered to pay 250 million euros ($273 million) to investors trapped in funds since 2020 and will shut its UK regulated operations, escaping a fine for failing to make sufficient checks on risky investments, Britain's financial regulator said on Wednesday.

The minimum amount that workers and employers in Britain put into pension pots should be raised to help plug a retirement cash gap between men and women, and boost investment in productive assets, pensions consultant Mercer said on Wednesday.

A healthy woman in her 60s presented acutely with right-sided periorbital edema, erythema, neck pain, and fever. Initial examination and investigations suggested right-sided orbital cellulitis with contralateral pansinusitis. Despite treatment with IV antibiotics, her symptoms worsened, and inflammatory markers continued to rise. Further imaging revealed thrombosis of the right superior ophthalmic vein extending into the cavernous sinus and right jugular vein. She underwent urgent left functional endoscopic sinus surgery followed by long-term anticoagulation. After six months of anticoagulation, she remained free of morbidity, and repeat imaging confirmed the resolution of the thrombosis.

It’s been an Autumn Nations Series of ups and downs for Scotland but Gregor Townsend’s side can end the November campaign on a high when they host Australia at Murrayfield on Sunday (13:40, TNT Sports 1).