Insurance
Talking Point
Emerging markets
A new generation of risk
The UK government recently committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations - the first in the UK for 13 years - funded by the private sector. Roderick Bruce examines the financial and regulatory risks facing potential stakeholders
Back to basics: non-determinant deposits
Liquidity and Deposits
MFS Investment Management: Smoothing out the bumps
As seasoned investors will tell you, putting your money in emerging markets can be a rough ride. The highs may be high, but the lows can be even lower. The emerging markets debt team at MFS Investment Management are aiming to give their investors a…
Mexico dances to a different tune
With US structured finance markets in the grip of the subprime squeeze, close neighbour Mexico might be expected to have suffered a similar fate. But strong investor demand for securitisation and homeowner-friendly government initiatives are combining to…
The best of both worlds
Hybrid Capital
Tree of Knowledge
Technology
Calling time
Pension Buyouts
'Boom cycle' for US power prices
With input costs surging and demand growth currently outpacing supply additions in the US power market, analysts are expecting the space to tighten further. David Watkins reports
Cashing in on coal
Special Report: Coal
Blue Sky unveils third Protected Income Plan
Blue Sky Asset Management (BSAM) investment boutique has launched a third tranche of its six-year Protected Income Plan (PIP), which offers a fixed 10% income per year and 100% capital protection. The PIP III plan is linked to a portfolio of five UK…
Seeking consensus on LDI
Pensions
What's in an index
Indices
Guaranteeing more
Comment
Diverging Views
Credit ratings
Portfolio modelling of counterparty reinsurance default risk
Technical papers
The replication game
Technology
Dollar downed
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