Asset management
Commodities investing is still fundamentally sound
Commodity investors may have had a bad year, but putting money into commodities of finite supply continues to makes sense
Global Advisors’ Masters looks ahead to commodity rebound
Daniel Masters, the former head of energy trading at JP Morgan and co-founder of hedge fund Global Advisors, has seen his share of ups and downs. Alexander Osipovich reports
Insurers clamour for materiality guidance on Solvency II reporting
PRA claims it cannot offer advice until publication of Implementing Technical Standards
European Single Manager Awards 2014 nominations open
The 14th European Single Manager Awards recognise the best performance of managers and funds based in Europe. The judging process takes into account qualitative and quantitative criteria
Brazil applies for Solvency II equivalence
Regulator to introduce Orsa requirement and toughen governance rules in 2015
Mena brightspot for fund flows
Funds of hedge funds, India and commodities strategies see redemptions but Mena focuses attract flows
Stochastic modelling of reinsurance credit risk
Stochastic modelling of reinsurance credit risk
UK insurers’ internal model validation processes 'hugely inefficient'
Firms struggling with validating external models, expert judgement and risk dependencies, say experts
Questions over prime broker/depository discharge
Game of blame
Hedge fund size determines performance
AUM and performance appear intrinsically linked
Paquin: AIFMD a ‘concentrating catalyst'
Coping with complexity
Collateral thinking – The impact of central clearing on insurers’ assets
Sponsored roundtable: BNY Mellon
Concessions on Solvency II equivalence not followed through in level 2 proposals
Requirements for using deduction and aggregation method to calculate SCR of subsidiaries remain too high, insurers say
GLG: coaching corrects behavioural biases
Coaching correction
Cyber threat real for hedge funds
Under attack
No increased possibility of 2014 equity correction
Unpredictable equity
IAIS valuation methodology for basic capital requirement flawed
Insurance industry demands clarity on crucial elements of capital requirement
Small managers lagging on AIFMD compliance
Size matters
Emerging markets volatility lucrative for discerning investors
Lucrative volatility
Insurers claim draft level 2 proposals could water down volatility adjustment
Inclusion of non-fixed-income assets in reference portfolio is 'unjustified'
Commodities investing down but not out, Masters says
Global Advisors co-founder believes short-term woes will give way to long-term rally
LEI issuance well below targets as Emir reporting begins
Finnish issuer expects to hand out 10,000 identifiers, but had only reached 1,166 last week - and the story is similar elsewhere