Hugo Coelho

Articles by Hugo Coelho

  • BoE commits to purchase £10bn of corporate bonds

    04 August 2016

    Expansion of quantitative easing is initial response to Brexit vote

  • Unipolsai investment yield up 10 basis points

    04 August 2016

    Increase is down to reduction of sovereign bond holdings and slow pace of reinvestment

  • Bank of England to put the squeeze on UK insurers

    03 August 2016

    Monetary easing may include fresh round of asset purchases. Hugo Coelho reports

  • Sovereign risk must be covered in the ORSA, says BaFin

    02 August 2016

    Insurers with significant exposures face capital add-on

  • Generali goes slower on realising gains

    29 July 2016

    Insurer keen to preserve profitability in falling interest rate environment

  • Generali commits fresh money to Italian bank rescue fund

    29 July 2016

    Insurer could give up to €200m

  • Catching the last wave of the credit cycle

    13 July 2016

    Confronted with the prospect of an increase in default rates, insurers are hunting for yield in a more selective but expansive way, BlackRock's Zach Buchwald tells Hugo Coelho

  • Transitional recalculation reduces risk of asset fire sales

    05 July 2016

    Financial Policy Committee defends flexible implementation of Solvency II framework

  • Axa blames low yields for lower earnings growth

    21 June 2016

    Incoming chief executive lays out strategic plan for next five years

  • Risk margin reform needed to save insurers from hedging dilemma

    13 June 2016

    Hedging stabilises Solvency II figures at the expense of IFRS