Archive

  • RBS ALM director joins consultancy

    06 January 2014

    Ross Evans now at Hymans Robertson

  • Eiopa proposes changes to debt securitisation capital charges

    19 December 2013

    Uniform charge replaced with a more granular approach

  • Generali budgets €33m to prepare for Solvency II

    27 November 2013

    Major reforms to investment management processes under way

  • Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"

    22 November 2013

    Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy

  • Zurich to invest $1bn in green bonds

    20 November 2013

    Climate projects can be supported without sacrificing returns, insurer says

  • Milliman hires ex-Skandia trio to run Stockholm ALM office

    11 November 2013

    Former CRO Steve Hardwick among recruits

  • UK bulk annuity market heading for 2014 capacity crunch

    08 November 2013

    Expected quiet fourth quarter this year could throttle market in 2014

  • Efficient asset allocation with least squares Monte Carlo

    23 October 2013

    Traditional methods of allocating assets fall short in several key aspects. In this paper, Romain Lombardo and Alexis Bailly show how the LSMC approach can be used to optimise asset allocation for insurers in a Solvency II world

  • Jobs for actuaries still influenced by Solvency II

    25 September 2013

    Preparations for Solvency II sparked a huge recruitment drive for actuaries. But with the momentum gone and work nearing completion in many firms, how is the jobs market changing? Katie Kouchakji reports

  • JP Morgan hires Aon insurance asset head

    24 September 2013

    Gareth Haslip is latest recruit to insurance investment team