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LCH Clearnet appoints non-executive chairman
London-based clearing house LCH.Clearnet has appointed Jacques Aigrain as non-executive chairman, replacing Chris Tupker, who has been in the role since July 2006. Aigrain joins from reinsurer Swiss Re,...
The completion of two recent catastrophe bond deals shows issuance prospects for the market are promising in 2010, says Markus Schmutz, head of insurance-linked securities structuring and origination at...
The completion of two recent catastrophe bond deals shows issuance prospects for the market are promising in 2010, says Markus Schmutz, head of insurance-linked securities structuring and origination at...
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Bear Stearns paid up to $2 billion in excess margin, says former CRO
Failed US investment bank Bear Stearns forked out up to $2 billion in excess margin calls in the week of its collapse in a bid to maintain confidence, according to one of the firm's former chief risk officers. Speaking on a derivatives roundtable at...
Aviva and Swiss Re slash almost 3,000 jobs
LONDON & ZURICH - Insurer Aviva has said it will cut 1,690 of its UK workforce in 2009. The London-based company, which operates retail brands such as Norwich Union, employs 28,424 people in the UK and 54,758 globally. It will cut 1,100 staff in 2009...
Swiss Re's CEO steps down after securitisation writedowns
Jacques Aigrain, the chief executive of Zurich-based reinsurer Swiss Re, has resigned following the company's announcement that it expects to make a SFr 1 billion net loss for 2008.
Swiss Re seeks capital injection after securitisation hit
Zurich-based reinsurer Swiss Re suffered writedowns of SFr 6 billion ($5.1 billion) linked to its legacy securitisation portfolio, according to its preliminary report for 2008.
Protection policies
Swiss Re has been punished for its proximity to financial markets recently, taking sizeable mark-to-market losses on its credit default swap portfolio. Nonetheless, the firm is reinforcing its risk management practices - and it continues to innovate in...
Staying out of harm's way
The catastrophe bond market has so far been immune to the credit crisis, highlighting the product's lack of correlation with other structured finance instruments. A wider number of investors have expressed interest in the asset class, but will issuance...
Swiss Re loses another SFr819 million on two CDSs
Zürich-based reinsurer Swiss Re announced it had booked a mark-to-market loss of SFr819 million ($781 million) on two portfolio credit default swaps (CDSs) in its first-quarter results on May 6, and warned that it was likely to lose another SFr200 million...
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