Insurance
The importance of ALM
The crossfire between the International Accounting Standards Board and the European Commission seems to have left corporates bewildered about the implications of IAS 39. Risk talks to leading advisory groups and corporates about the challenges ahead, and…
The game of life
UK life insurers have faced a new regulatory regime in the aftermath of the guaranteed annuity options disaster, which has led them to rethink their use of derivatives. Nicholas Dunbar talks to four leading life companies
Forex appeal
Foreign exchange
Sovereign solutions
Emissions trading
CDOs: the growth of structured credit
CDO market
German banks get to grips with a new lending reality
Loan pricing systems
No strings attached
louise purtle
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Profile
The importance of ALM
Accounting standards
Hedge fund imperatives
legal issues
Providing capital protection
Market view by Robert Benson
Spitzer targets brokers in bid-rigging probe
insurance sector
Junking the automakers
Ford and GM
Insurance in the dock
spitzer probe
The game of life
Cover story
A catastrophe waiting to happen?
As climate change and geopolitical uncertainty ratchet up the risk of a single, catastrophic event, insurers are turning to catastrophe bonds to offset that risk.
Preparing for an end to deflation
Inflation-linked bonds
Hunt for returns brings product innovation
Structured finance
Inflated demand
Investors
A catastrophe waiting to happen?
catastrophe bonds
Stashing the cash
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