Andrew Torchia

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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

IMF exploring insurance levy on banks

G20 leaves door open for fresh pressure on dollar

Q+A: How could a global levy on banks work?

Q+A - How could a global levy on banks work?

Russia Kudrin: firms must cope with strong rouble