Insurance

Shifting sands

High oil prices and a lack of accessibility to reserves are reawakening oil majors' interest in Canada's oil sands. David Watkins looks at their potential and at the challenges involved in this capital-intensive mining operation

Weathering oil risk

Managing weather risk is increasingly important for petroleum companies. Murad Jivraj looks at how optimal oil risk management can be obtained through combining traditional structured products with new weather derivatives

HYBRIDS: BACK ON TRACK

The hybrid securities market has recovered from the twin setbacks of excessive volatility in the European market in the spring and a negative regulatory ruling in the US. But what have investors learnt from these hiccups? Laurence Neville reports

The LDI makeover

For all the hype surrounding liability-driven investing, few UK pension funds have actually taken the plunge and implemented the technique. The London Pension Fund Authority is one notable exception. Nick Sawyer reports

Risk management for LDCs

US Gas Distribution Companies, long experienced in managing volumetric risk, now face market risk, high commodity prices and credit risk. Matthew Frye looks at strategies to model these risks in aggregate

Peter Bentley

Pimco's senior corporate bond manager gives an insight into the factors that affect the investment decisions of the world's largest fixed-income asset manager. Interview by Hardeep Dhillon

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