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Variable annuity risks hurt Japanese life companies
Times are tough for Japanese providers of variable annuities. Two years since the severe downturn across equity markets caused significant losses on extensive VA guarantees provided to customers, life...
Australian superannuation funds are moving to establish operational risk buffers, ahead of new regulations that could make provisioning for such losses mandatory. But there are concerns about how to...
Politically-led change in the French pension system means insurers are eyeing new opportunities in the country’s market, but are consumers ready for more complex savings vehicles? Blake Evans-Pritchard...
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International insurance groups have moved to central and eastern Europe in their droves since the region emerged from the shadows of communism. The potential for growth is obvious – but are the risks understood? Aaron Woolner reports
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A number of value-in-force transactions based on future Asian insurance profits, including seldom-seen cash monetisation deals, are being looked at behind closed doors as a means to ease constraints on capital for insurance groups. But activity may remain...
Germany - liability-driven investment goes mainstream
A move to a market-based discount rate allied with an increased post-crisis focus on risk management has led some to claim the German pension sector is moving wholesale to an LDI approach. Theodora Tsentas reports
US public pension deficits driving muni yields
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Insurers weigh the pros and cons of total return swaps
With many pension funds needing to boost returns to make up poor funding levels while balance sheets remain at a premium, the total return swap market has grown in leaps and bounds. But there are some who see a familiar story of banks pushing products...
Cern pension fund – moving beyond LDI
The move to liability-driven investment has been part of a seismic shift in pension risk management in the previous decade. But what happens if a scheme is seriously underfunded before an LDI structure can be put in place? The men in charge of Cern’s...
Interview: Delta Lloyd CRO – why an early move to market consistency...
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