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UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
With the implementation of Solvency II now almost certainly delayed for at least two years, UK annuity providers are beginning to reassess their credit asset allocation strategies, as they look to optimise...
As banks have pulled back from funding infrastructure projects, life insurers have stepped in to fill the void, but deals remain limited in scope. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
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Regulatory change will force firms to alter their behaviour, and their technology platforms need to keep pace
Defence against IP theft in financial services
The last few years have seen several high profile criminal and civil cases over the theft of intellectual property from financial institutions. Legal battles, however, are extremely complex and expensive, so firms need to ensure they have adequate defences...
Overreliance on outsourcing is a growing risk for asset managers
Regulators are turning their attention to reliance on outsourcing – but there may be little that asset managers can do to reverse the trend, even if they wanted to
Insurers eye CPPI structures for next generation of savings products
Insurers are investigating a new breed of fund mechanism – the ICPPI – which allows them to offer individualised guarantees on their products more cheaply and flexibly than other types of funds. But it is not without its costs. Louie Woodall reports...
Survey reveals gaps in risk information from Asian buy-side institutions...
Getting timely and relevant risk-related information is a problem for Asian buy-side firms
Indonesia’s credit growth outrunning risk management
Economic growth has leapt ahead of Indonesian banks’ ability to assess the credit risk they are being exposed to – but with the central bank finally implementing Basel II is there a regulatory solution to these problems?
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The financial crisis has given lots of worn truisms a dusting down and a fresh lick of paint - among them, the notion that cash is king. Over the course of the last five years, it has been applied to everything from Basel III's new liquidity ratios to...
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