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Natixis appoints Nathalie Bricker as global head of finance & strategy

German insurer cites infrastructure investments for plunging equity SCR

Part of analysis of over European 100 groups' market risk capital requirements since 2016

Comment - CIOs may feel the heat from health claims, as disastrous summer-furnaces intensify

Climate change is not just about having GA liquidity to rebuild property - mortal risk is rising, too

Croatian currency SCRs vanished as country joined euro

Some insurers took advantage of assured conversion rates to calculate a nil FX risk, SFCRs show

SunLife HK's CIO on IFRS, rate hikes, geopolitics, and exercising patience

Shiuan Ting van Vuuren discusses why IFRS 17 & 9 implementation have been a challenging and ongoing journey, the impact of rising rates and increased geopolitical tensions, and why she is relaxed about regulatory changes. Interview by Vincent Huck

Mirova calls out "significantly weakened" EU Nature Restoration Law

Asset managers petition European Commission to take another look at softer ESRS

Dai-Ichi Life invests JPY 7bn in sustainable infrastructure fund

Managed by IFM Investors and targeting energy and carbon capture facilities

Swiss Re revises interest rate peaks upwards

By 25bps for both the Fed and BoE, while also expecting recessions to varying degrees across jurisdictions

Singapore regulator wants better-informed local investors to grow region's ILS market

Better catastrophe data also necessary to help model and understand risks, says MAS

Chart of the week -what equity sectors cause, and get hit by, crises and contagion?

Researchers in Brazil analyse US markets from sub-prime to the COVID-19, via the 'Trump-effect'. They tell David Walker which sectors fared worst as Donald Trump rose to power? Was the AIG bail-out 'worth it'? And when it comes to crisis, 'will markets ever learn'?