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Zurich Hong Kong's GA - a ship nearly on autopilot
12 July 2023Philipp Furrer, chief investment officer for Hong Kong and Singapore at Zurich, reveals why he sleeps very well at night. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Asia's CIOs face up to having to 'know it all'
03 July 2023Insurance investors discuss the lessons learned from the last few years of severe volatility, and reveal what [Chat] 'GPT' actually stands for, at Insurance Asset Risk's Hong Kong Seminar 2023. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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IAR Hong Kong: "I know more about accountancy than I care to know," APAC CIO says
29 June 2023Zurich's Vincent and AIA's Konyn reflect on how CIOs have had to become omni-experts
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Where is the wind blowing?
08 June 2023The financial market is divided on the likelihood of a recession and the future direction of travel for interest rates. Josh Adcock reports
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Italian CIOs welcome BTP yields rising - but maybe not their "exploding" - in 2022
24 May 2023While European CIOs welcomed debt yields heating up again in 2022, for Italians BTPs underwent a truly combustible expansion, David Walker finds
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Chart of the week - how Italian lifers use GAs for lapse risk
19 May 2023Italian SFCRs explain their liquidity planning, and its various methods, to meet a startling leap in lapse risk
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"Don't bet interest rates will stay high forever", Zurich CFO warns
17 May 2023Zurich has inked $1.8bn reinsurance deal with Resolution for US life policies, as part of investment pivot
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'Small dirty bomb' scenario improves Zurich unit's capital ratio by 15%
08 May 2023Insurer also models pandemic, 'credit crisis' and 'financial distress' scenarios
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BaFin sets out views on investor alliances and collusive behaviour
03 May 2023German regulator says belonging to engagement platforms does not per se indicate 'acting in concert'
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Zurich's SST ratio leaps 55pp as all local units' ratios improved in 2022
01 May 2023Reinsurer sells Canadian govvies to benefit from reinvestment rates