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April 20, 2012 in Insurance, Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Source: Pension Funds Online Journalist: Dan Billingham Pension funds can reap rewards from record issuance of catastrophe bonds, claims a new Clear Path Analysis study. The research group states that [...]
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April 20, 2012 in Insurance, Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Source: FT.com Journalist: Chris Flood The market for catastrophe bonds is set for strong growth and should be of interest to institutional investors seeking sources of uncorrelated returns, according to [...]
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April 20, 2012 in Insurance, Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Source: CNBC A record $2 billion of catastrophe bonds were issued in the first three months of 2012, reflecting strong investor demand for assets that are insulated from mainstream financial [...]
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April 12, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
Source: Plan Sponsor US North America‟s first pension buy-in deal in May 2011 led many to predict a boom in the pension de-risking market. Yet while the number of sponsors [...]
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March 20, 2012 in Insurance by Clear Path
Britain, the whiplash capital of Europe, has more than 1,500 whiplash claims a day. In 2011, car insurance premiums rose by 15% in the UK and will only increase further [...]
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March 20, 2012 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
44% of asset allocators were overweight in emerging market equities in February; up from 20% in January, which is the second biggest monthly jump in the past 12 years. This [...]
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March 20, 2012 in Finance Technology by Clear Path
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext (NYX), has announced the launch of its new post-trade monitoring tool; Trade Exception Radar, as the latest edition to the line-up [...]
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March 20, 2012 in Investment Strategy, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
The government is under pressure to amend legislation governing local government pension schemes, allowing them to make better use of liability-driven investment (LDI). Local government schemes (LGSs) are currently pointed [...]
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March 20, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
With the majority of newly established pension plans in Canada being DC, as well as the high conversion rate from DB to DC, there are a number of points you [...]
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March 7, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
Source: schemeXpert.com By Owen Walker Timber firm Arnold Laver secured a fixed price for its £45m buyout thanks to an enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercise and a long-term strategy of [...]
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March 6, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
Source: BPM Magazine Uncertainty around inflation rates and concerns about market volatility have fuelled a steady increase in the number of pension schemes looking to de-risk their strategies over the [...]
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March 5, 2012 in Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
Source: FT Adviser Journalist: Michael Trudeau Researcher claims inflation concerns are pushing pension schemes to de-risk their strategies. Uncertainty around inflation rates and concerns about market volatility have resulted in [...]