Insurance
The pragmatists fight back
Editor's letter
Regulatory tango
Regulation
Weathering power's demand
Using temperature forecasts to predict power demand has some major pitfalls. Here Martin Fischer and Michael Grossman suggest ways to glean more from forecasted temperature data
Strategie di trading sulla pendenza
DERIVATI CREDITIZI
Into the tempest
Natural catastrophe risk models suggest that insurers are significantly under-capitalised. Firms are tapping the capital markets for billions of dollars in additional reinsurance capacity, but it may not be enough to avoid damaging rating downgrades…
In brief: CEIOPS issues consultation papers on Solvency II
The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) has released two consultation papers on Solvency II. The consultations will further define the level one principles of the directive, which is expected to be implemented…
Why it pays to split the pot, or how to hedge your pension fund's bets
Equity Insurance Group chose Union Bancaire Privée for hedge funds, and JP Morgan for long-only, for its £500m mandate in May. Solomon Teague investigated how the deal was done
Inflation-linked bonds catch on in Europe
Pension funds in the Netherlands are following the lead of their peers in the UK by using more inflation-linked products to achieve liability-driven investment. Alan McNee reports
Powering up its bond markets
Russia
The lesson of discretion
Discretionary Indexation
Stepping up to the challenge
Technology
Going by the book
Norwegian life companies
Facing the op risk future
Operational Risk
The Pandora's box of transparency
Editor's letter
Return of a heavyweight
Japan derivatives