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Calls for consistency over risk-free rate
The risk-free rate of return that provides the starting point for valuing liabilities has proven more difficult to define in practice than in principle. Practitioners hope for consistency from regulators...
Liability-driven investment has helped improve funding levels for countless corporate pension plans. Blake Evans-Pritchard looks at what the approach can offer for public schemes and why they have been...
The introduction of a new risk model combined with a series of global disasters has seen a depressed catastrophe bond market in the second and third quarters of this year. But there are signs that the...
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Solvency II set to boost interest in variable annuities
Variable annuities were launched in Europe shortly before the financial crisis began but, in the face of well-documented hedging problems in the US, the market never really took off. Alex Davis investigates whether the implementation of Solvency II will...
ITV's longevity swap could herald a change in risk management
The announcement of ITV’s longevity swap could indicate a sea change in pension funds’ approach to risk management solutions. However, smaller funds could find themselves left behind. Thomas Whittaker reports
Catastrophe bond issuance may resume in fourth quarter, say experts
Accusations are flying that a new risk model depressed the cat bond market in the second and third quarters of this year, but an equally likely cause of the dry spell could be recent disasters around the globe. Will the cat bond market recover its former...
Australian distributors upgrade structuring capabilities
Distributors in Australia are upgrading their IT systems and risk management capabilities to create wrap platforms able to sell more features into the Australian pensions and insurance market. They are turning to external providers to help hedge their...
Life insurance experiences growth in Latin America; risk-based oversight...
Life insurance is the fastest growing sector in several Latin American insurance markets. Alex Davis reports on the product mix in the region and, with regulators long-since realising that such growth requires a move towards more risk-based systems of...
Withstanding disaster - Suncorp profile
Suncorp has faced severe operational and financial challenges in the wake of the Queensland floods and other natural disasters in Australasia during the past year. Group chief risk officer Robert Stribling explains how centralised operational procedures...
Too big to invest? Asset allocation for supersize pension funds
With limited capacity to adapt quickly to market conditions, large funds must be careful how they design their portfolios for the future. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
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