Asset and liability management (ALM)
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
Libor/OIS spread challenges insurers' risk management programmes
Spread carefully
Robust hedging of withdrawal guarantees
Robust hedging of withdrawal guarantees
Thailand insurers shun interest rate derivatives for RBC liability hedging
Derivatives and structured products remain unpopular with Thai insurers looking to hedge their liabilities following the introduction of a risk-based capital framework
Insurers to chase liquidity premium in 2013 – BlackRock
Exposure to collateralised loan obligations, infrastructure finance and high-yielding bank loans set to increase
Insurers to target export finance loans as banks withdraw
Sovereign-guaranteed loans provide yield boost for insurers
Insurers hope for agreement tomorrow on long-term guarantees assessment
Insurers concerned that assessment could overlap full-year reporting as debate over matching adjustment continues to delay impact test
Move to swaps discounting presents ALM challenges for with-profits funds
Switching to swaps
Sponsored feature: RBS
Hedging the Zinszusatzreserve for German insurance companies
Sponsored statement: Moody's Analytics
Can ALM practices be improved?
The periodical problem
The periodical problem
Liability insurers need to embrace life ALM techniques
Liability insurers need to embrace life ALM techniques
UK banks reveal size of eurozone funding gaps
Banks reduce cross-border funding of peripheral eurozone assets in an attempt to mitigate redenomination risk - but funding gap still tops £10 billion for Spain
Korea insurers wrestle with duration mismatch on life books
Korea guidance
Risk 25: How Basel III is turning borders into barriers
Turning borders into barriers
New Omnibus II yield curve extrapolation proposals ‘a significant ALM challenge for insurers’
New Omnibus II yield curve extrapolation proposals ‘a significant ALM challenge for insurers’
Targeting currency risks
Targeting currency risks
Greek exit threatens eurozone ALM
The Greek gift
US farm lenders fear clearing will trip leverage ratio
Posted collateral cannot be used to offset liabilities when calculating farm credit banks' leverage ratio
Deposit flight threatens banks' eurozone ALM efforts
Attempts to match assets and liabilities on a country-by-country basis could be threatened if Greece exits eurozone, lenders fear