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People moves: Ice rings changes, new CFTC appointees, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Solvency II model approvals: lessons from round one
Board members must help shape model validation process
Complexity and returns behind PFZW decision to ditch hedge funds
Dutch pension fund to focus on controllability and intelligibility
Consultants “a one-way challenge” to funds of hedge funds
But advisers add little value, select large under-performing funds
‘Flawed’ standard formula currency risk calibration needs revision - Insurance Europe
Current specification is ‘counter-intuitive’, say industry experts
Allianz leads German insurers in guarantees shake-up
Insurers developing new products to reduce exposure to low rates
Technology providers look to the cloud to meet insurers’ modelling challenges
Cloud technology potentially offers insurers an efficient way to undertake the huge amount of actuarial and risk modelling calculations that need to be performed. But with concerns around data security and reliability, is it really a fail-safe option?…