Infrastructure
Insurers 'must act fast' to succeed in private placement loan market
Efficient committee structure central to investment strategy, Friends Life CIO tells conference
InfraHedge tops annual MAP survey
Mapping the future
Insurers developing internal model risk calibrations for non-standard credit assets
Underlines growing strategic importance of infrastructure bonds and MBS, finds survey
Insurer participation in testing European project bond debut ‘exceeds expectations’
Long maturities and improved rating lure firms into Spanish gas scheme bonds
Insurers face tighter infrastructure spreads as banks ramp up allocations
Competition squeezing returns on short-tenor instruments
Asia's banks face $1 trillion Basel III capital shortfall, says DBS chief
Banks in the region may struggle to find the capital to support balance sheet expansion if economic growth continues
Insurers call for more transparent infrastructure investments
Structuring and regulation of assets frustrating investment, say market participants
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
The infrastructure investment challenge for insurers
Financing the growth agenda
Standard formula’s treatment of long-term investments 'flawed'
Standard formula data sets and methodologies 'inappopriate' for securitised products and secured investments, warn experts
Insurers to chase liquidity premium in 2013 – BlackRock
Exposure to collateralised loan obligations, infrastructure finance and high-yielding bank loans set to increase
Asia looks to cloud computing
A clearer outlook
Investment in infrastructure set to rise as insurers seek yield
Swiss Re infrastructure deal shows developing appetite of insurers to finance long-term projects
Insurers welcome Eiopa’s review of capital charges on infrastructure and securitisations
Standard formula is too harsh and fails to reflect real risk of long-term finance, say insurers
German insurers warn of Solvency II threat to infrastructure investment
Insurers keen to invest in real economy, finds BaFin study, but regulatory uncertainty holding them back
Managing operational risk in African nations
The African way
Regulatory change will enable China insurers to reduce their asset-liability mismatch
China insurers now allowed to invest in hybrid, convertible bonds and infrastructure asset and real estate
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In the balance
Legal & General eyes European infrastructure finance bonds
European Investment Bank set to launch project bond pilot scheme in September
Swedbank keeps it simple
An eye for opportunity