Asset management
Regulators clash over global capital standard for insurers
Harmonised quantitative requirements no 'silver bullet', says US state regulator
Regulatory concerns mount as Dutch insurers maintain guarantees
Race to the bottom
LTGA proposals set to stoke divisions between insurers and lawmakers
Concerns that Eiopa's proposals will not work and could delay Solvency II
Outflow of Chinese cash will transform world economy
As Chinese exchange controls are relaxed and removed over the next several years, $4.4 trillion of money will flow into the world economy, causing a major transformation
Japan will deliver value under Abenomics, says Martin Currie
Japan’s stimulus package could lift the country out of its 20-plus-year economic slump, according to John-Paul Temperley, investment director, Japan, at Martin Currie Investment Management
Harding reveals ambitious plans for Winton
David Harding says he has no intention to take Winton Capital Management public. He has ambitious plans to grow the business into a major investment management company as he remains at the helm
Long-term guarantee measures must be flexible - Balz
Solvency II calibrations need to account for different national contexts
Black River Commodity Trading Fund: Black River Asset Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Governments must ‘stop distorting cat markets’ with insurance pools
Let commercial market price risk, while governments should focus on risk-reduction, think-tank says
Insurers call for more transparent infrastructure investments
Structuring and regulation of assets frustrating investment, say market participants
Oceanwood Global Opportunities Master Fund: Oceanwood Capital Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
XXX financing market braced for increased captive scrutiny
Reserve financing using offshore captives is big business in the US. Yet what started as an innovative method of moving excessive reserve requirements off balance sheet has turned, in some regulators’ minds, into a dark art that puts policyholder…
AHL Evolution: AHL (Man Group)
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Absolute Volatility Arbitrage Plus: Amundi Asset Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Global Emerging Markets & Macro Fund (Gemm): BTG Pactual Global Asset Management
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Fears of disjointed regulation of systemically risky insurers grow
Harmonisation of US and global systemic risk frameworks needed as US proposes first Sifis, warns industry think tank
Apollo: The Cambridge Strategy
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Old Mutual Global Statistical Arbitrage Fund: Old Mutual Global Investors
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Insurers look to volatility controls to support long-term guarantees
As insurers look for ways to offer long-term guarantees to customers despite the challenging investment environment, some are turning to volatility control mechanisms to reduce the cost of hedging the guarantees. Louie Woodall examines how these…
AIA cautions NAIC on US Orsa guidance
Requirements should not be made too prescriptive, says trade association
Nektar: Nektar Asset Management (a part of Brummer & Partners)
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Swedish insurers warn of manipulation threat to new discount curve
Concerns Solvency II-based risk-free curve could be distorted by speculators as market begins to adjust ALM hedges
Fears volatile model warning indicators could lead to unjustified action
UK regulator urged to reconsider proposed early-warning indicators to reflect better changes in economic conditions and not penalise insurers’ de-risking strategies