Asset management
Lack of insurer management action plans exposes governance failings
Most European insurers do not hold Solvency II compliant documentation, finds survey
Custody Risk announces shortlist for European Awards 2013
The shortlist has been announced for the Custody Risk European Awards 2013
Fears over FSB 'influence' on global insurance capital standard
Financial Stability Board did not ‘want to waste a good crisis’, claims Geneva Association chief
Oaktree’s Howard Marks keeps specialisation at the heart of expansion
Trying to get it right
AIFMD continues to cause concern among hedge fund managers
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Q&A: IAIS secretary general on G-Siis, ComFrame and a global capital standard
Yoshihiro Kawai, secretary-general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, is the man in charge of building a new supervisory framework for both systemically important and internationally active firms. But his blueprints have proved…
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Credit Suisse extends ICPPI hedging platform
Swiss bank adds SunGard data service to reduce operational barriers for insurers
Irish variable annuity companies braced for new reporting requirements
Regulator introduces new risk monitor to scrutinise market risks and act as early-warning indicator
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Insurers explore new risk metrics in bid to refine economic capital models
European insurers are refining their internal economic capital models as regulators’ efforts to define statutory solvency requirements grind to a standstill. Louie Woodall reports
CTA trend followers suffer in market dominated by intervention
Return to normality
36 South warns of consequences of asset price inflation
Squeezing the balloon
National authorities have ‘moral obligation’ to introduce systemic risk measures - IAIS secretary general
G-20 pressure and FSB peer review will guarantee compliance of nation states
Securitised credit tops profitability league for hedge funds
Performance and asset flows of securitised credit products have combined to make this group one of the most profitable for investors and hedge fund managers. But there are now signs of waning interest
Trading costs force focus on maximising efficiency
Counting the cost
Look forward. Think forward
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Shadow banking crackdown raises transparency concerns for insurers
National regulators to bring existing rules in line with prescriptive FSB policy recommendations on securities lending
Illiquidity premium taxes Asian regulators
Asian regulators are turning their attention to the illiquidity premium, but defining it within an Asian context will not be easy. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports on some of the challenges
Solvency II interim reporting requirements were 'too ambitious' - Eiopa
Insurers hail downscaling of regulator’s initial plans, but concerns about consistent application remain
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Decoupling correlations
Systemic risk definition for insurers flawed, says former IAIS counsellor
International policy-makers should offer clarity on risks posed by different activities, hears Insurance Risk Europe