Insurance Risk - 2009-07-01
Articles in this issue
SNS REAAL names board member
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Aviva CFO steps down
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Aon's Harmer returns to Oz
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Haddrill leaves ABI for FRC
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Double jeopardy
Accurately estimating longevity risk has been a thankless task for insurers, but questions are being raised that Solvency II's standard model could result in companies 'double counting' their capital requirements for this risk. Aaron Woolner Reports
FSA names insurance director
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Regulator appoints directors
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Dual recruitment for Cardano
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Red dawn for Russian securitisation
It has been a dark time for Russia's securitisation market, but the addition of RMBS to the list of eligible assets for the central bank repo facility is raising hopes that a wave of new deals will herald a return of investor demand and re-energise the…
Agency brokers: Back in vogue
In the old days, before the advent of the all-singing, all-dancing full service investment banks, agency brokers used to represent an important, if niche part of the credit trading business. Now, after a period in the wilderness, these agency brokerages…
A long road but a clear view
Progress has already been made in establishing central clearing for credit default swaps but it will take industry-wide cooperation and an eye for detail to finish the job.
Pimco's Pacific heights
Pimco (or Pacific Investment Management Co, to give it its full, somewhat unwieldy name) is the eight hundred pound gorilla of the fixed income markets. When the firm makes a major investment decision, like when it switched out of MBS in 2006, the world…
The Big Interview: Redington's Robert Gardner
The co-founder of pension consultancy Redington Partners talks about the pros and cons of switching funds out of equities and into fixed income.
Market view: The role of the chief risk officer
Risk management is a discipline often neglected amongst buy-side firms but now more than ever investment managers need to get to grips with their risk exposure. Reinforcing the role of chief risk officer is a start.
Deals of the Month: Microsoft
Our review of the credit market's most innovative and groundbreaking deals. This month...Microsoft's landmark dollar-denominated deal
Green shoots? Green Acres more like
Anyone who believes the economy has turned a corner must be living in a sitcom
