Insurance
Inflating demand
Japan inflation-linked bonds
Business continuity in financial services firms
We were reminded in 2005 that significant business disruptions continue to occur in varying forms and levels of intensity. The London bombings of July 7, the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the late summer and the New York City…
Room for growth: hedge funds in the Asian milieu
regional focus: Asia
After the storm
Last year's devastating US hurricane season hammered home the link between energy and weather. But some believe it may also hold a key to predicting this year's weather, says Todd Crawford of Weather Services International
The Godfather rule
New columnist Toby Nangle on why pension funds are playing with fire
A very British bubble
Editor's letter
The VA challenge
Variable annuities
The CPPI conundrum
Long-dated options
Avoiding squeeze
Matching liabilities
The importance of being prudent
Regulator Q&A: Florence Lustman
Technology: Unravelling the tech trends
Special report: Focus on Technology
UK yields pose pension fund problems
New angles
RiskNews
RiskNews
Raising the standard
The German insurance industry is actively pushing forward the discussion on the standard model within the scope of Solvency II
Pillars of wisdom
European insurance regulation is shifting from Pillar I rulebook to Pillar II dialogue. But the dialogue may be evolving into a poker game. Aaron Woolner reports
London public-sector pension fund aims to close liability gap
The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), which manages total net assets of £3.2 billion for local authorities and other public sector bodies in the UK capital, plans to substantially revamp its investment strategy to make up for its liability deficit…
Institutional-strength firepower
Neill Brennan's trading focus now is on European equities for Armajaro AM's market-neutral Coolum fund. However, his first focus upon joining Armajaro was to establish an institutional-strength company, says David Walker
Market focus - Sky-high cost of clean air
US emissions allowance prices for sulphur dioxide (SO2) rose nearly 200% in 2005 and 300% during 2004. Sandy Fielden of Logical Information Machines examines the SO2 emissions allowance market and discovers which market drivers are forcing prices ever…
Australia - High yield boosts growth
A landmark deal from Tabcorp in 2004 marked the emergence of the high-yield bond market in Australia, while the rebalancing of the UBS Composite Bond Index to include lower-rated credits is also fuelling growth, writes Alan McNee in this month's regional…
Pension fund hedging drives inflation market volatility
Outsized inflation swap trades by pension funds may be causing imbalances in what is a relatively thin market
A matter of state
State pensions