David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Comment - Markets tanking? Just remember Dad's Army, urges the PRA

    23 January 2023

    PRA recognises key lesson of crises - market has too many Joneses, and too few Mainwarings

  • PRA warns lifers - don't assume junk bonds stay liquid in stressed markets

    23 January 2023

    Charlotte Gerken issued warning in publishing regulatory stress test results today

  • Chart of the Week - EIOPA puts unit-linked returns and costs under spotlight

    20 January 2023

    EIOPA reveals which countries' UL had the highest returns, volatility, and fees

  • CIOs prepare for 'symmetric warfare' over listed shareholdings

    18 January 2023

    Europe's regulators are discussing almost doubling how far they allow the equities 'symmetric adjustment' to fluctuate. David Walker examines the implications for CIOs' capital consumption

  • ESG unit-linked outperforms standard unit-linked products by 2%, and cost less

    18 January 2023

    EIOPA study examined unit-linked, with-profits and hybrid products' 2021 performance

  • Comment - CBIRC wants C-Ross Phase II to improve transparency and risk management - and leads by example

    16 January 2023

    Chinese regulator has spelled out some shortcomings in early reporting under revised rules

  • Comment - Does a CIO need to be 'truly' brave?

    16 January 2023

    Investing can take a steely nerve, but David Walker explores why it sometimes also requires true bravery

  • China's regulator identifies investment reporting shortfalls in C-Ross Phase II

    16 January 2023

    Number of life insurers named by CBIRC

  • Chart of the Week - How Nordic CIOs spent their investment risk budgets

    13 January 2023

    Insurance Risk Data examines 'what lies beneath' Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' investment success, by dissecting their market risk SCR

  • Recent equity gains face being wiped out by symmetric adjustment, Jefferies says

    13 January 2023

    Analysts expect market moves to have narrowed adjustment's benefit last quarter