Asset and liability management (ALM)
Insurers prepare for interest rate hikes
Rate of relief
Low yields force Asian insurers to reassess ALM strategies
With long-term bonds in short supply and falling interest rates putting pressure on earnings, Asian insurers are considering giving up on asset-liability matching in order to chase yield. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Asian insurers abandoning liability matching in the hunt for yield
Ultra-low rates forcing companies to shift focus from asset-liability matching
Swedish insurers warn of manipulation threat to new discount curve
Concerns Solvency II-based risk-free curve could be distorted by speculators as market begins to adjust ALM hedges
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
Libor/OIS spread challenges insurers' risk management programmes
Spread carefully
Robust hedging of withdrawal guarantees
Robust hedging of withdrawal guarantees
Thailand insurers shun interest rate derivatives for RBC liability hedging
Derivatives and structured products remain unpopular with Thai insurers looking to hedge their liabilities following the introduction of a risk-based capital framework
Insurers to chase liquidity premium in 2013 – BlackRock
Exposure to collateralised loan obligations, infrastructure finance and high-yielding bank loans set to increase
Insurers to target export finance loans as banks withdraw
Sovereign-guaranteed loans provide yield boost for insurers
Insurers hope for agreement tomorrow on long-term guarantees assessment
Insurers concerned that assessment could overlap full-year reporting as debate over matching adjustment continues to delay impact test
Move to swaps discounting presents ALM challenges for with-profits funds
Switching to swaps
Sponsored feature: RBS
Hedging the Zinszusatzreserve for German insurance companies
Sponsored statement: Moody's Analytics
Can ALM practices be improved?
The periodical problem
The periodical problem
Liability insurers need to embrace life ALM techniques
Liability insurers need to embrace life ALM techniques
UK banks reveal size of eurozone funding gaps
Banks reduce cross-border funding of peripheral eurozone assets in an attempt to mitigate redenomination risk - but funding gap still tops £10 billion for Spain
Korea insurers wrestle with duration mismatch on life books
Korea guidance
Risk 25: How Basel III is turning borders into barriers
Turning borders into barriers