Asset management
EU insurers lament barriers to infrastructure investment
European Commission’s efforts to attract insurers’ money could have opposite effect
Do insurers need a CIO?
Role left off UK controlled function list but too important to overlook
Annual collateral management survey now open
Take part in study on impact of central clearing
Credit risk weighs more on planet S-II
Rising yields in May failed to lift insurance stocks, with credit risk the reason
Insurers must admit their systemic nature, says top regulator
IAIS and Bafin chair commits to ICS by 2016 although industry raises doubts
Elevated status: insurance CROs overshadowing investment peers
Europe’s risk-based capital approach is adding clout to the role of the CRO
Esma's proposed AIF segregation will destroy liquidity
Tri-party collateral management "impossible" under AIFMD guidelines
Investor interest in credit strategies at three-year low
But flows into securitised credit strategies continue
European Repo Council chief fears ‘meltdown of G20 dream’
Concerns heard as repo industry considers voluntary adoption of clearing
Maltese insurers grapple with Pillar 3 requirements
Cost and time pressure of reporting obligation “most challenging” aspect
Finma distribution rules confuse hedge funds
Small foreign asset managers suspected of breaching Swiss regulations
Mifid II to result in massive transaction reports increase
New reporting rules bring technology challenges for managers
UK firms prep Vif hedging options
Unit-linked providers reviewing options to maximise benefit of new rules
Passive investment will hurt economic growth, Brandes says
Asset management veteran defends value investing as tried-and-tested strategy
Hedge Funds Review European Single Manager Awards 2015: The winners
Manny Roman, CEO of Man Group, awarded for lifetime achievement
Euroclear and Clearstream granted time to agree joint road map
Icma ERC continues to push for plans to improve Bridge settlement times
AIFMD encouraging ‘regulatory avoidance’
A round-up of views on hedge fund marketing into Europe
PRA could be more flexible on matching adjustment collateral
Rigid view forces repapering of trades with no benefit for policyholders
Dealers fear reporting clash under SFT regulation
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation could conflict with Emir reporting rules
CME-LCH basis affecting choice of venue, say buy-siders
Pimco: price gap is now “material”; Eaton Vance says lowest cost is key factor
Esma likely to extend AIFMD passport to third countries
Withdrawal of national private placement regimes could follow in 2018
Q&A: Eiopa approach wrong on government bonds, says Ivass director
Corinti: Modelling sovereign risk should not be a Pillar 1 requirement
Mifid II threatens end to ‘mates’ rates’ in OTC market
Transparency rules for bilateral trades will end relationship-based pricing, banks warn
Why insurance regulators are split on sovereign risk
North-south divide as some say Eiopa approach is wrong