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Japanese lifers tell trade body they want more in return for holding equities
25 April 2024Returns, dividend payout ratios and returns on equity common causes of discontent
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The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives
25 April 2024Yields on core fixed income may have improved with rate hikes of recent years, but some Lloyd's syndicate CIOs have ventured further from the well-trod path, searching for alternatives, as David Walker discovers
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LGIM and Solactive partner on energy transition commodity ETF
25 April 2024Weighting commodities by their "significance for enabling the energy" while remaining mindful of liquidity
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Comment - Lapse risk, SFCRs and getting more transparency into Italian insurers
22 April 2024Nine data cells reveal the stress that sent one prominent lifer to the wall
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Rescuers of Eurovita divulge details of IVASS' bail-out plan in SFCRs
22 April 2024Lifer faced redemption and solvency pressure before rivals took on assets, and policies
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Prudential Life buys into shipping green bond for 1.175% coupon
19 April 2024While Nippon Life develops precinct in Kobe city
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Chart of the Week - Uniform SCR-breakdown for IM users becomes possible, for non-UK Insurers, at least...
19 April 2024A new EIOPA reporting template has made it possible to see uniform breakdown of IM and PIM users' Solvency II risk modules
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Comment: EIOPA fires its own starting gun on actually implementing Solvency II reform
18 April 2024Small yet pivotal parts of SFCRs for non-UK firms have been amended, with significantly better transparency one result
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Comparable SCR data appears for internal model users in Europe, from revised reporting requirements
18 April 2024New and amended Solvency II data templates are now being published by non-UK internal model users
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks