Andrew Torchia

Position: Treasury Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa
After teaching English in Beijing during the late 1980s, Andrew Torchia worked as a journalist in Asia for 20 years; he was based in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore and Shanghai, reporting or visiting clients in most countries in the region. He moved to London in April 2009.

Articles

EXCLUSIVE: IMF exploring insurance levy on banks November 09, 01:45pm EST 

PARIS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Sunday.  Full Article 

Q+A: Climate change finance -- how does it work? November 08, 07:13pm EST 

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Discussing how to pay for efforts to combat climate change was a major theme at Saturday's meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies.  Full Article 

Q+A - Climate change finance -- how does it work? November 08, 07:07pm EST 

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Discussing how to pay for efforts to combat climate change was a major theme at Saturday's meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies.  Full Article