-
Comment - In a nation of punters, APRA places big bet on annuity sales
19 June 2025The regulator wants more certain income for retirees - who are busy punting on 'The Big Win'
-
Van Lanschot Kempen wins local advisory and fiduciary outsourcing mandate
18 June 2025Coöperatie Noordhollandsche also announces broad custodianship mandate, in SFCR
-
APAC Weekly: Is Australia edging towards a matching adjustment?
17 June 2025Reforms to the illiquidity premium that APRA proposes for annuity writers echoes elements of MAs, near and far
-
Riksbyggen and Newsec win SEK 65bn Swedish property outsourcing deals
17 June 2025Mandates will begin next January
-
Schroders recruits Zurich alumnus in boost of client-facing APAC roles
16 June 2025Matt Oomen also worked at BNY Investments
-
Japan's non-life net income leaped 47% last year on keiretsu sell-downs
16 June 2025Falls in local shareholdings dented solvency of country's lifers, in year to March
-
SFCR 2025 - The matching adjustment misfired, again, in Spain in 2024
13 June 2025Overall, the MA delivered a capital benefit to Spanish lifers using it in 2024. But that was not always the case, for the capital requirements of most of its users
-
Challenger welcomes Apra's consultation on life illiquidity premium
13 June 2025Annuity writer calls proposals "significant improvement" on current capital settings
-
Fitch cites Taiwan FX hedging costs for TransGlobe Life's negative rating watch
13 June 2025TGL's mismatch-hedging to "come under pressure" after "surge in hedging costs," Fitch predicts
-
Apra edges towards, but rules out, matching adjustment for Australia, for now
12 June 2025Reforms to illiquidity premium for annuity writers were proposed today