Asset management
AIFMD applications face timing pitfalls
Timing applications
Prime brokers to escape AIFMD segregation burden, sources say
Regulators have agreed a solution in row over client asset segregation, according to five industry sources
Insurers play down ‘misuse’ threat of open source cat model framework
Not-for-profit modelling framework aims to liberalise the catastrophe risk model industry
Single-stock futures skirt US dividend-equivalent withholding
Skirting the tax
Video Q&A: Chenavari Investment Managers
With around $1 billion deployed in capital relief trades and the same amount in direct lending, Chenavari Investment Managers has found a sweet spot for investors. Loïc Fery, CEO & Co-CIO, talks to Risk about Chenavari's investment strategies, which lead…
Regulators “don’t give a damn” about Volcker impact, claim Republicans
A bad-tempered congressional committee hearing sees US regulators quizzed over Volcker rule costs
US state regulators oppose Federal Insurance Office proposals
Recommendations over supervisory colleges, private mortgage insurance and reinsurance collateral rejected by NAIC members
Thousands of derivatives users not ready for Emir reporting
Number of legal entity identifiers is sitting at 83,337 – well short of the required total, which is estimated at anything from 100,000 to one million
Commission proposals to ease look-through rules ‘require clarification’
Exception in draft Level 2 text could exclude active funds
Insurers hunt for 'scale premium' in infrastructure assets
Size and tenor of deals grow in importance as illiquidity premium fades
Insurers bridge infrastructure investment challenge
As life insurers increase their exposure to infrastructure, Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on the different ways in which they are approaching the asset class
Integrating risk management with the investment process - a Munich Re case study
The perennial challenge for insurers and reinsurers is to make certain that the assets they hold will cover all their present and future liabilities. Traditionally, companies have sought to manage the risk of a shortfall through careful design and…
Asset managers lure insurers with new exchange-traded funds
Insurers predicted to increase ETF exposure
Shareholder activism hedge funds stand out
Event driven and distressed were among the best performing hedge funds segments in 2013 with shareholder activism funds at the fore
India steers offshore investors away from P-notes towards direct market access
Sebi tries to exert greater control over foreign investment by tightening rules governing P-note issuance and streamlining foreign investor approval process
Proposals for stable Solvency II credit risk adjustment 'good news' but floor sparks controversy
European Commission's unofficial Level 2 draft disregards insurers’ calls for the adjustment to be capped
Rapporteur Balz on long-term guarantees, Solvency II's level 2 and global standards
Two months after the landmark political agreement on Omnibus II, MEP Burkhard Balz discusses the thorny issues that did not make it into the directive, spells out his expectations for the level 2 text and gives a warning about the implications of global…
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Remuneration policy occupies hedge fund minds
The politics of pay
AIFMD 'depo-lite' financial strength questions
Do depository liability rules leave hedge funds defenceless?
Availability of RMB instruments lags demand for insurance – Wim Hekstra profile
China is the driving force of Sun Life Financial Hong Kong’s business but a lack of hedging instruments is a problem, as its chief executive tells Asia Risk
Transatlantic tug-of-war puts European hedge funds in "impossible position"
Some funds will have to comply with Dodd-Frank and Emir simultaneously
Insurers seize opportunities in European corporate funding markets
As European insurers increasingly invest in illiquid corporate debt, credit funds and partnerships with banks are helping them overcome their lack of expertise and tap into a market that offers high-yields and a chance of diversification. But markets…