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Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests

Amid markets, and politicians delivering never-ending stressors of liquidity, insurers at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference discussed how their needs for and measurement of liquidity may have changed in recent years, and the reasons why

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference round up

Geopolitics and its impact on markets running thread of conference's discussions

IAR EMEA 2024: Liquidity risk management has become more granular in recent years

Better cooperation between treasury and investment teams needed

Willis Towers Watson combines investment with insurance offering

The risks and rewards of leveraged finance: senior secured loans

With European insurers showing increasing interest in allocating to senior secured loans – a more popular investment for US counterparts – David Turner explores how and why insurers either side of the Atlantic are approaching the asset class.

Willis Towers Watson expands investment team with two hires

Appointments follow previous hires to meet increasing demand for investment services

Willis Towers Watson hires two investment consultants for insurance division

WTW expects greater demand for insurance investment solutions

Cutting down the hedge: how Emir is hitting insurers

Insurers are grappling with new EU rules which could discourage the use of derivatives at a time when they need them more than ever. Safraz Thind reports.

Scottish 'Yes' vote could make FX hedges toxic

Review of collateral arrangements and liquidity buffers needed

UK reforms could damage infrastructure investment

Annuity cut and Solvency II negate investment prospects, says Towers Watson