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Canada's Barrick Mining has said it has reached an agreement with Mali's government to resolve its dispute over the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex. Barrick had been embroiled in a disagreement with the Malian government since the introduction of a new mining code in 2023 that gives Mali a bigger share of revenue from gold miners. The mining group said it will drop the arbitration case against Mali at the World Bank dispute tribunal; in return, Mali will drop all charges against Barrick and its affiliates, release four employees from jail, and concede operational control to Barrick.
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Britain's largest life insurers, including Aviva and Legal & General, have successfully passed a stress test conducted by the Bank of England (BoE). The test simulated a market crash that could have wiped out nearly £9bn of capital. The insurers maintained 154% of the required capital, down from 185% prior to the scenario. The BoE's assessment comes amid concerns over risks in the $3trn "shadow banking" sector, in which private equity firms rather than banks lend to companies. The stress test is limited to the capital held within a given insurance firm, rather than any wider financial services company that the insurer may sit within, and the Bank noted that there might be extra capital available from the wider group.
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