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Cat risk – Solvency II standard formula is up to double industry view of nat cat risk
Standard formula is up to double industry view of nat cat risk
German finance ministry to lower guarantee rates below actuaries’ projections
German finance ministry to lower guarantee rates below actuaries’ projections
Longevity swaps and the bulk purchase annuity market: Video interview with Simon Gadd, Legal & General’s head of annuities
Longevity swaps have yet to move into the mainstream – but bulk buyouts could be set return to favour
Three challenges to Solvency II implementation – Bernardino video interview
Three challenges to Solvency II implementation
EC: We don’t sit in an ivory tower finding solutions to problems that don’t exist
Despite having no evidence the EC says lack of pension portability is a major barrier to labour market mobility
Large pension funds a threat to financial stability – European Commission
European Commission says pension funds should also be classed as “too big to fail”
Insurers, not banks, driving liquidity trade
Insurance sector's hunger for high yields, rather than banks' thirst for short-term funding, driving liquidity trade
Funding needs drive banks to “borrow” liquidity from insurers and pension funds
Insurers and pension funds offer banks a lower-cost solution to their funding issues