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Federal Reserve warns of heightened corporate credit risk
08 May 2019Fed’s Financial Stability Report reiterates risk of corporate bonds, loans and CLOs
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Korean trade body calls for IFRS 17 delay
18 April 2019South Korea is one of the most advanced jurisdictions for IFRS 17 implementation as it has tied in the implementation of the standard with that of its new risk-based capital regime
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Hong Kong moves away from self-regulatory regime
15 April 2019Hong Kong Federation of Insurers preparing to hand over the oversight of 95,000 insurance intermediaries to the Insurance Authority
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Lloyd's syndicates open up about investment outsourcing
11 April 2019Research by Insurance Risk Data reveals the 2018 winners and losers of the mandated asset managers for Lloyd's syndicates. David Walker reports on who won which mandates, who received applause and who wasn't that lucky.
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US insurer funding risks declined significantly since crisis, says Fed
30 November 2018Brexit one of the key near-term threats for US investors
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Global economic growth solid but the best is over
20 November 2018Swiss Re chief economist warns of trade wars and central bank policy errors
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Phoenix Group appoints two senior SLA executives to its board
25 June 2018While SLA continues to restructure board following Standard Life and Aberdeen merger
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Trade associations call for more ambitious STS securitisation framework
06 June 2018Capital charges should be further reduced for non-senior tranches
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A slow growth for US infrastructure
04 June 2018A US infrastructure overhaul is due—that much is common knowledge. However, so far, institutional investors and especially insurers have been coy to invest due to policy hurdles at the federal level. As each state administration starts to address these issues, insurers are seeing opportunities building up. David Turner reports
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Brazil becomes world’s first insurance market to commit to climate risk transparency
24 May 2018Latin America’s largest insurance market declared support to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.