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Chart of the Week - Equities, a falling part of Germany's unit-linked industry?
17 February 2023Germany's unit-linked equity funds suffer first consecutive falls in volume
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Use of hedging derivatives in Europe hits multi-year high, EIOPA finds
09 February 2023Authority ascribes peak figure since at least 2020 to interest rate hedging
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Comment: Time to rethink Solvency II and capital charging 'liquidity risk'?
07 February 2023Is a different capital charge justified if a fund's redemption terms prevent one insurer encashing its investments compared to a directly-invested rival?
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Chart of the Week - Post-Brexit UK attracts under 3% of Europe's GA
03 February 2023EIOPA reveals direct UK exposure of EEA insurers' GAs at second lowest point since Q4 2017
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Chart of the Week - EIOPA puts unit-linked returns and costs under spotlight
20 January 2023EIOPA reveals which countries' UL had the highest returns, volatility, and fees
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CIOs prepare for 'symmetric warfare' over listed shareholdings
18 January 2023Europe'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
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ESG unit-linked outperforms standard unit-linked products by 2%, and cost less
18 January 2023EIOPA study examined unit-linked, with-profits and hybrid products' 2021 performance
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LocalTapiola appoints director for development, regulation and ESG for the group's investments
13 January 2023The group's director of ALM, Lauri Saraste, takes on the role, Insurance Asset Risk has learnt
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Chart of the Week - Europe's general account since 2017
23 December 2022A €6.8tn investment pot reveals its treasures...
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How German CIOs are doing well, in 'doing good'
21 December 2022Germany's CIOs are a fairly heterogeneous group, but one thing - or actually three - fairly unites them these days: E, and S, and G. And the theme stretches from Allianz, almost all the way 'down' to the smallest GA-minnow the country has to offer. David Walker reports