Allianz
Financial firms rethink after cyber insurance premium spike
Brokers say there are signs pressure is easing, but quantum hacking threat could transform market

Allianz, Generali post €52bn in fair value losses in H1
Bond portfolio values crash as equities tailwinds fades

Op risk data: Allianz dealt a $4bn blow for not-so-Alpha Funds
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Asia moves: Trio of senior hires at Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Sixth Street leads race to buy Allianz’s US annuity book
Credit investment firm spun out of TPG in 2020 snapping up insurance assets via its Tao fund
Asia moves: HSBC appoints new Apac head, Barclays hires country CEO for China, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
People moves: Credit Suisse senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
People moves: new CRO at LCH, changes at Natixis investment bank, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Asia moves: Allianz adds two to China, Allen & Overy appoints new partner, and more
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UK offers unlimited dark trading on lost EU stocks
FCA gives London dark pools an edge over EU rivals, but will fund managers use it?
Bonds fall from favour as shock absorbers for equity losses
Ultra-low rates force investors to rethink role of fixed income as diversifier
Market risks push Allianz’s Solvency II ratio lower in Q2
Whipsawing markets help take three percentage points of the firm’s core solvency ratio
Top European insurers bet on private equity
Allianz and Axa had a combined €29 billion at end-2019
Market risks push up top EU insurers’ capital charges
Allianz sees SCR for market risk surge 28% year-on-year
Aegon, Allianz Solvency II ratios diverge under coronavirus stress
Aegon cites volatility adjustment for buoying capital position through the crisis
People moves: Brevan Howard risk head moves to Coremont unit, Pimco PMs, and more
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El-Erian on Covid-19 policy risks and central bank capture
Former Pimco chief says Fed has gone too far, market function rules needed and chance opens for shared policy load
Lighting up the black box: a must for investors?
Many contend you must be able to interpret machine learning in order to use it
Sliding rates crimp Allianz’s Solvency II ratio
Solvency II ratio down 17 percentage points year-on-year
On eve of Brexit, PPF’s chief risk officer isn’t too worried
Stephen Wilcox talks about getting pensions paid without the benefit of controlling ‘UK Plc’
Allianz Global Investors adopts NLP signals in equities
Move to tackle unstructured data starts with sell-side analyst reports
The rise of the robot quant
The latest big idea in machine learning is to automate the drudge work in model-building for quants
Rates decline sinks Allianz’s Solvency II ratio
Market impacts take 11 percentage points off ratio in first six months of 2019
A tech-driven transformation
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