Prudential was not the only bidder.

保诚不是唯一一家竞标者。

This could be for prudential reasons.

这可能出于谨慎起见。

Thiam is Tucker’s successor at Prudential.

谭天忠正是塔克在保诚保险的继任者。

AIG and Prudential are both playing for huge stakes.

playing for huge stakes在此意思是下了很大的赌注。

Axa, like Prudential, expects its Asian business to grow at 15-20%.

像保诚一样，安盛也希望亚洲业务可以以15 - 20%的速度增长。

We must resurrect market discipline as a complement to prudential supervision.

我们必须恢复市场纪律，使之成为对审慎监管的补充。

Some big financial firms, such as Prudential, have closed their research arms.

许多大金融公司，比如保诚集团，已经关闭了他们的研究部门。

The ugly new, ill-defined buzzword will be “macro-prudential” supervision.

新出现的、难听而又含义模糊的时髦词将会是“广为谨慎的”监管。

This “micro-prudential” philosophy was always questionable. Now it looks absurd.

这种”微观审慎”哲学一直饱受争议，而今更是显得荒谬不经。

Prudential Financial Inc. recently quintupled actuary referral awards to $5,000.

最近，保德信金融集团（Prudential Financial Inc.）将精算师推荐奖金涨到5,000美元，是原来的五倍。

It may thus make sense to treat such prudential measures and capital controls similarly.

因此，将这些谨慎的措施和资本管制同样对待可能是合理的。

That deal collapsed in June because Prudential had trouble raising the money to pay.

但这笔交易由于该公司筹资方面的困难而在六月流产。

So it makes sense for the central banks to be in charge of the macro-prudential bit.

所以让中央银行来负责宏观上谨慎的目标是行得通的。

Prudential is paying a fraction of what AIA would have gone for prior to AIG's implosion.

保诚赶在AIG盘前对友邦进行收购，其支付金额只是友邦之前市值的一部分。

The importance of timing, meanwhile, is a lesson Prudential has learned all too well.

与此同时，时机的重要性也被英国保诚深刻地领教到了。

We also need to develop and fine-tune macro-prudential tools to guard against financial risks.

我们还需要开发并改进宏观审慎工具，以防范金融风险。

British Banks are also under pressure to reduce their balance-sheets for prudential reasons.

为了谨慎起见，英国的银行也要面临缩减资产负债表的压力。

It has formed partnerships with Humana, an American health insurer, and Prudential, a British company.

它跟Humana(一家美国保险公司)与英国保诚集团(Prudential)建立了合作关系。

That Prudential has persuaded its bankers and investors to take the financial risk may seem astonishing.

保诚集团已说服其银行家和投资者进行这种财务冒险，这可能令人感到惊讶。

Missing out on AIA is not disastrous for Prudential, whose Asian business is already big and growing fast.

错过AIA（友邦保险）对保诚并不是灾难性的，保诚的亚洲业务已经很大并且增长快速。

This week's agreement by Prudential of Britain to buy AIG's Asian life-insurance operations, AIA, is anything but.

本周，英国保诚集团收购美国国际集团(以下简称AIG)亚洲人寿保险公司的协议打破了这一局面。

Two of its Japanese life-insurance units are reportedly about to be sold to Prudential Financial, an American firm.

据报道，其两个日本寿险部门将要出售给一家美国公司保诚金融。

An outright sale of AIA to Prudential could enable AIG to raise more funds than by listing a stake in the unit.

相对于让友邦保险上市，把友邦保险全盘出售给保诚集团可使AIG筹得更多的资金。

Regulators would have the authority to supervise the firm for system-wide risks and to impose tough prudential measures.

监管者被授予权力，为整个系统风险监督这些机构，有权实施严厉的审慎措施。

Prudential was forced to delay the details of a rights issue after Britain’s Financial Services Authority raised concerns.

在其并购交易引起英国金融服务局关注之后，英国保诚保险集团被迫推迟公布其股权认购细节。