Asset management
Best consulting firm: EY
Consultancy advised on all five matching adjustment repacks in first wave
Asset manager of the year: BlackRock
The ability to make cross-industry comparisons is helping BlackRock clients check their risk-reward assumptions
Pension fund of the year: ICI
‘Umbrella’ contracts and risk dashboard help ICI fund close buy-in straight after Brexit
Insurer of the year: Rothesay Life
Purchase of Aegon UK’s annuity back book was made extra complex by change in capital regime
Data management technology provider of the year: State Street
Repurposed internal tool builds on custody data already on file
Actuarial modelling technology provider of the year: Milliman
Clients welcome new functionality on either side of model execution
GRC technology provider of the year: Financial Risk Solutions
Vendor aiding clients in keeping tabs on asset managers and outsourcing providers
Collateral management technology provider of the year: CloudMargin
Cloud technology makes for quick and easy collateral workflow solution
Asset management risk manager of the year: Vanguard
Real-time risk dashboards key to firm's pro-active approach
Hedge fund manager of the year: Cheyne Capital
Social property fund looks to tap pensions demand for inflation-linked cashflows
Reinsurer of the year: Prudential Financial
US firm held nerve in wake of Brexit vote to complete super-fast longevity deal
Can quants defuse the pension time bomb?
Alex Lipton argues new quantitative methods are needed to solve the looming pension crisis
Ten commandments for alternative premia investing
What to watch out for when constructing alternative premia portfolios
Final Priips rules tipped for April 2017
Banks may push ahead with publishing key information documents before compliance date
Federal insurance bodies defend role under Trump
Federal Insurance Office and Federal Reserve say work alongside state regulators critical for industry
Clients should prepare to pay MVA costs, say dealers
Risk USA: Banks say new trades and novations create real funding costs
SEC liquidity rules could punish larger funds
Risk USA: funds that have grown too big for their strategies could be exposed
Trump win forces rethink of investment risk assumptions
Risk management preparations confounded by day that shifted from risk off to risk on
Industry applauds 12-month Priips delay
Firms say Mifid alignment will minimise legal risks of key information documents
SEC liquidity rule flawed, warn funds
Industry says revised measures could be gamed
New EU prudential framework proposed for investment firms
Non-bank Mifid firms could be subject to liquidity rules for first time
Move to vol-controlled funds adds new complexities for VA
Market and regulatory pressure is driving product innovation from insurers
Esma set to backtrack on mandatory asset segregation
Maintaining the status quo would avoid disrupting securities financing and collateral reuse
Skewed views: banks, auditors split on CDS index trades
Views on risks and accounting treatment of arbitrage repack differ across the Street