Infrastructure
The infrastructure investment challenge for insurers
Financing the growth agenda
Standard formula’s treatment of long-term investments 'flawed'
Standard formula data sets and methodologies 'inappopriate' for securitised products and secured investments, warn experts
Insurers to chase liquidity premium in 2013 – BlackRock
Exposure to collateralised loan obligations, infrastructure finance and high-yielding bank loans set to increase
Asia looks to cloud computing
A clearer outlook
Investment in infrastructure set to rise as insurers seek yield
Swiss Re infrastructure deal shows developing appetite of insurers to finance long-term projects
Insurers welcome Eiopa’s review of capital charges on infrastructure and securitisations
Standard formula is too harsh and fails to reflect real risk of long-term finance, say insurers
German insurers warn of Solvency II threat to infrastructure investment
Insurers keen to invest in real economy, finds BaFin study, but regulatory uncertainty holding them back
Managing operational risk in African nations
The African way
Regulatory change will enable China insurers to reduce their asset-liability mismatch
China insurers now allowed to invest in hybrid, convertible bonds and infrastructure asset and real estate
Risk 25 firms of the future: Introduction
With over-the-counter derivatives markets in flux, picking winners and losers is a tough job. This is where Risk’s editorial team nails its colours to the mast. By Lukas Becker, Matt Cameron, Laurie Carver, Clive Davidson, Ramya Jaidev, Peter Madigan,…
Risk 25 firms of the future: TriOptima
In the balance
Legal & General eyes European infrastructure finance bonds
European Investment Bank set to launch project bond pilot scheme in September
Swedbank keeps it simple
An eye for opportunity
Research report outlines scope for Saarc power trading
Power trading across the Indian subcontinent is set to grow in size and interconnectivity, according to a GBI Research report
The machine stops
Editor's letter
Wells Fargo: late entrant to the OTC clearing race
A credible competitor
Structured products linked to real assets and credit back on the menu in Italy
The Italian structured products market is seeing a pick-up as institutional investors demand exposure to physical assets and credit
Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan
Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan
Economic depression is world's top risk, says Towers Watson ranking
The global financial environment continues to show imbalances, and is not in a good position to withstand shocks, says Tim Hodgson
FTSE launches sharia index that is physically backed by industrial metals
Providing the security and reassurance of physical asset ownership, FTSE's Physical Industrial Metals index series allows investors to hedge against future supply constraints
FTSE unveils nine infrastructure indexes
FTSE unveils nine infrastructure indexes