Asset management
Insurers face tight deadline for matching adjustment
Firms urged to rush restructuring of portfolios for Solvency II long-term guarantee measure
AIFMD warning on ‘informal' risk management
Risk regulation under the alternative investment fund managers directive is not simply a series of data points, says SS&C's James Ramenda
Japan insurers look to hedge out legacy VA positions
Rise in equity markets makes it less costly for insurers to de-risk
International capital standards expected to merge, say insurers
Insurers question whether one standard will eventually replace another
Variable annuity sales recover in Japan as insurers revise hedging strategies
Simplified product design and buoyant equity markets combine to revive Japan VA market
Finisterre Capital appoints Burnside as partner
Anglo-Italian Tages Capital forms partnership with Germany’s GDW AM
Solvency II proposals cause confusion on non-euro extrapolation
Draft delegated acts suggest the last liquid point for non-euro currencies could shift
Custody Risk announces shortlist for Americas Awards 2014
The shortlist has been announced for the Custody Risk Americas Awards 2014
Cuts to securitisation capital charges too small, say experts
But European Commission proposals can stop insurers becoming forced sellers of low-risk securitisations
American hedge funds dominate AUM
US hedge fund market is four times the size of the UK's
Insurers urged to review data licence requirements
Negotiate with vendors now to secure best prices, say experts
UK annuity reforms may squeeze insurers' appetite for illiquid assets
Allocations to infrastructure and property expected to reduce following Budget
Cap 'too high' on Solvency II credit risk adjustment
Proposed changes will fail to prevent balance sheet volatility, say experts
Hedge funds argue against tougher rules at CFTC roundtable
Investors should be free to pick risky strategies, managers say
Basel III battleground for primes
Consolidation predicted among prime brokers following regulatory shakeout
Insch: the more equity markets fall, the better
A systematic, trend-following currency program can serve as a hedge against falling equity markets
Aviva longevity swap raises questions for intermediaries
Insurer goes direct to reinsurers for £5 billion pension scheme risk transfer
Europe’s high yield new issuance “lacks fundamentals”
Investors chasing returns risk defaults
High governance funds find success in low governance stocks
But the high/low governance spreads of stocks are positively related with non-hedge fund ownership
Using the Orsa in Asian enterprise risk management
How Asian insurers can take the ERM function to the next stage
Liongate: hedge fund regulation impacting returns
'40 Act and Ucits restrictions risk stifling entrepreneurial spirit of the hedge fund industry