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SimCorp on the investment technology drive
12 July 2017As insurers push further into the asset management space, investment technology will become ever more critical to business performance. Klaus Holse, CEO of SimCorp, talks to Sarfraz Thind about how the firm is helping insurers grow their investment operations.
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PRA rejects market gripes over NNEG standards
06 July 2017Regulator stands by its 'effective value' methodology to measure embedded value of no negative equity guarantees in restructured equity release mortgages
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FCA report damns opaque asset management fees and underperformance
28 June 2017A new dawn for industry, say participants, as regulator pushes for all-in fee
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Low yields, high cost and underperformance: manager fees under the spotlight
23 June 2017Paying high fees for your asset management is never welcome. In the current low return environment insurers are increasingly having to re-evaluate the charges they pay as fees eat into their profits. And not before time, too. Sarfraz Thind reports
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US insurer ETF use to grow 86% in next five years, S&P predicts
22 June 2017Move to fixed income ETFs the next biggest trend, rating agency finds
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Allianz CIO targets long duration and diversification amid heightened systemic risks
20 June 2017Gathering risks cause for watchfulness, says Andreas Gruber
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Election result hangs uncertainty over markets
09 June 2017The reversal of 10-year gilt yields to pre-election levels serves as an indicator of the uncertainty facing investors as the country embarks on EU exit negotiations.
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US accounting tweak could see insurers plough into bond ETFs
07 June 2017BlackRock, State Street worked with NAIC to instigate new valuation treatment
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The continued lure of equity
26 May 2017Solvency II has punished equity investment with its 39% capital charge. But the SCR restrictions are bringing out a plethora of equity structures designed to appeal to insurers with lower volatility and capital charges. Is this enough to attract new investors? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Moving on from hedge funds: alternative risk premia
17 May 2017Insurers have been looking at alternative risk premia strategies as a substitute for poorly performing hedge fund investments. The strategies offer a cheap and transparent way of getting exposure to hedge fund-like returns but there are complications. Sarfraz Thind reports
