Archive

  • Higher charges on trust loans threaten to eat away Chinese insurers' capital

    20 October 2014

    Regulators clamp down on firms investing in shadow banking products

  • Potential for "unwelcome surprises" in Solvency II highlighted

    20 October 2014

    Morgan Stanley cautions over internal model and matching adjustment

  • Large insurer capital base set to strengthen

    17 October 2014

    S&P suggests driver uncertainty over global capital standard

  • PRA closes in on distribution strategies of with-profits funds

    17 October 2014

    Concerns over imprudent profit transfer to shareholders

  • Bailey says door to insurers "will always be open"

    17 October 2014

    Reiterates Carney's tough stance on internal models

  • Aegon to sell Canadian life operations

    16 October 2014

    Proceeds will help reduce group debt

  • IERM comment: praying for pragmatism

    16 October 2014

    The revised delegated acts, guidance on the matching adjustment, resolution regimes... it's been a busy week

  • Lloyd's makes a comeback to capital markets

    16 October 2014

    10-year subordinated bond issued ahead of two redemptions

  • Carney raises the stakes on Solvency II internal models

    16 October 2014

    Mark Carney's recent indication that the Bank of England will not hesitate to withhold approval of inadequate internal models raises the question of just how heavy-handed the regulator will turn out to be, as Stephen Makin, Emma McWilliam and Ross Evans discuss

  • Equity release mortgages out of matching adjustment portfolios

    16 October 2014

    PRA outlines own interpretation of rules on asset-eligibility