Asset and liability management (ALM)
Insurers await Solvency II clarity for asset allocation
Feeling the way
Chinese sovereign wealth funds should dump US stocks, report says
Chinese sovereign funds such as Safe Investment Company and CIC should consider dumping and even shorting US retail stocks during US economic downturns, if they want to adopt an integrated asset and liability management process when making investment…
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When is a hedge not a hedge? ALM under Solvency II
Dutch pension reforms could cause unwinding of swap hedges
Dutch pension reforms could cause unwinding of swap hedges
Solvency II set to revamp insurers’ asset allocation – but not yet
Solvency II set to revamp insurers’ asset allocation – but not yet
Insurers in Asia ramp up risk technology platforms
Suped-up systems
Council of Europe pushes full implementation date of Solvency II back to 2019
Full impact of Solvency II’s interest rate term structure will not be felt until seven years after the directive’s introduction
Too big to invest? Asset allocation for supersize pension funds
Too big to invest?
Axa’s Mark Stamper talks about the insurer's risk overhaul in Asia
Chains of command
Structured hybrid products prove popular in Korea
Reinforcing structures
Takaful presents unique ALM challenges for insurers in Asia
Moral assurance
Preparing for Solvency II
Solvency II: insuring for change
Yen interbank funding market calm as government bond yields retrace
The reduced scale of hedge fund carry trade activities compared with previous crises such as the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 has reined in potential increases in the yen libor rate and short-end JGBs.
Prudential’s Thiam sees Asian infrastructure deals as ALM panacea; 340,000 Asia sales force 'completely insufficient'
Increasing numbers of infrastructure deals in Asian markets may help insurers meet their long-term liabilities, according to Prudential’s group chief executive.
The move away from market consistency
Full circle
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Liquidity – a new asset class? New opportunities for insurance and pension funds
Planning for bankruptcy of a major counterparty
Backup plan
Central Europe - insurers look to overcome region's ALM challenges
Taking the centre ground
Pension fund risk manager of the year: Pension Protection Fund
Risk awards 2011
Corporate risk manager of the year: BMW
Risk awards 2011
Banks moving to build liquidity ahead of Basel III
Building up buffers
Asia Risk Congress 2010: ING risk head admits mispricing variable annuities
Industry has underpriced variable annuities, conference hears