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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" version="2.0"><channel><title>Liability management - Risk.net</title><link>http://www.risk.net/</link><description>Liability management</description><language>en</language><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:31:02 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:31:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>30</ttl><item><title>Corporate backlash on costs of regulation continues</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1c74839e/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Crisk0Emagazine0Cnews0C21443720Ccorporate0Ebacklash0Ecosts0Eregulation0Econtinues0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FCorporate0Kbacklash0Kon0Kcosts0Kof0Kregulation0Kcontinues/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Banks will not be able to avoid passing on the hefty costs of regulatory reform to their buy-side clients, argued participants at the ACI UK’s annual square mile debate &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="battle" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/689/89689/battle-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1c74839e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=Corporate+backlash+on+costs+of+regulation+continues&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144372%2Fcorporate-backlash-costs-regulation-continues%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DCorporate%2Bbacklash%2Bon%2Bcosts%2Bof%2Bregulation%2Bcontinues" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Corporate+backlash+on+costs+of+regulation+continues&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Frisk-magazine%2Fnews%2F2144372%2Fcorporate-backlash-costs-regulation-continues%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DCorporate%2Bbacklash%2Bon%2Bcosts%2Bof%2Bregulation%2Bcontinues" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177945728/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1c74839e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/126177945728/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1c74839e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:04:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/risk-magazine/news/2144372/corporate-backlash-costs-regulation-continues?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Corporate+backlash+on+costs+of+regulation+continues</guid></item><item><title>The volatility challenge</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1c4accfe/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Copinion0C21422530Cvolatility0Echallenge0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FThe0Kvolatility0Kchallenge/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; The volatility challenge &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="michael-faulkner" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/958/192958/michael-faulkner-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1c4accfe/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=The+volatility+challenge&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fopinion%2F2142253%2Fvolatility-challenge%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DThe%2Bvolatility%2Bchallenge" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+volatility+challenge&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fopinion%2F2142253%2Fvolatility-challenge%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DThe%2Bvolatility%2Bchallenge" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123995882321/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1c4accfe/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123995882321/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1c4accfe/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/opinion/2142253/volatility-challenge?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=The+volatility+challenge</guid></item><item><title>The road to US Solvency II equivalence will be a difficult one</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1bae8123/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C21362250Croad0Esolvency0Eii0Eequivalence0Edifficult0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FThe0Kroad0Kto0KUS0KSolvency0KII0Kequivalence0Kwill0Kbe0Ka0Kdifficult0Kone/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; The long, hard road &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; The US Solvency Modernisation Initiative places the country in an encouraging position for Solvency II equivalence, but there are hurdles ahead. Thomas Whittaker reports &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Uphill runner" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/537/206537/uphill-runner-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1bae8123/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&amp;title=The+road+to+US+Solvency+II+equivalence+will+be+a+difficult+one&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2136225%2Froad-solvency-ii-equivalence-difficult%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DThe%2Broad%2Bto%2BUS%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bequivalence%2Bwill%2Bbe%2Ba%2Bdifficult%2Bone" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+road+to+US+Solvency+II+equivalence+will+be+a+difficult+one&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2136225%2Froad-solvency-ii-equivalence-difficult%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DThe%2Broad%2Bto%2BUS%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bequivalence%2Bwill%2Bbe%2Ba%2Bdifficult%2Bone" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123757079152/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1bae8123/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/123757079152/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1bae8123/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2136225/road-solvency-ii-equivalence-difficult?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=The+road+to+US+Solvency+II+equivalence+will+be+a+difficult+one</guid></item><item><title>Alternative liability modelling techniques</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b13a0c0/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C21334570Calternative0Eliability0Emodelling0Etechniques0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FAlternative0Kliability0Kmodelling0Ktechniques/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Lessons from America &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; A recent study in the US by the Society of Actuaries and Ernst &amp; Young has examined the effectiveness of a range of new liability modelling techniques. Clive Davidson reports on the results of the tests &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Bruce Rosner at Ernst &amp;amp; Young" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/599/205599/rosner-bruce-ey-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b13a0c0/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Alternative+liability+modelling+techniques&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2133457%2Falternative-liability-modelling-techniques%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DAlternative%2Bliability%2Bmodelling%2Btechniques" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Alternative+liability+modelling+techniques&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2133457%2Falternative-liability-modelling-techniques%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DAlternative%2Bliability%2Bmodelling%2Btechniques" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587557813/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b13a0c0/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587557813/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b13a0c0/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2133457/alternative-liability-modelling-techniques?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Alternative+liability+modelling+techniques</guid></item><item><title>Meeting the volatility challenge of guaranteed products</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b13a0c1/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C21334170Cmeeting0Evolatility0Echallenge0Eguaranteed0Eproducts0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FMeeting0Kthe0Kvolatility0Kchallenge0Kof0Kguaranteed0Kproducts/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; No guarantees &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Volatility in the market means guarantees are getting more expensive. Blake Evans-Pritchard looks at whether companies will be able to continue to offer such products – and what this means for the consumer &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="lighthouse" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/589/205589/lighthouse-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b13a0c1/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Meeting+the+volatility+challenge+of+guaranteed+products&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2133417%2Fmeeting-volatility-challenge-guaranteed-products%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DMeeting%2Bthe%2Bvolatility%2Bchallenge%2Bof%2Bguaranteed%2Bproducts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Meeting+the+volatility+challenge+of+guaranteed+products&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2133417%2Fmeeting-volatility-challenge-guaranteed-products%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DMeeting%2Bthe%2Bvolatility%2Bchallenge%2Bof%2Bguaranteed%2Bproducts" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587557812/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b13a0c1/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587557812/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b13a0c1/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2133417/meeting-volatility-challenge-guaranteed-products?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Meeting+the+volatility+challenge+of+guaranteed+products</guid></item><item><title>European Insurers face downgrades amid continuing sovereign debt crisis</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b0438ec/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C21334690Ceuropean0Einsurers0Edowngrades0Eamid0Econtinuing0Esovereign0Edebt0Ecrisis0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FEuropean0KInsurers0Kface0Kdowngrades0Kamid0Kcontinuing0Ksovereign0Kdebt0Kcrisis/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Generali subsidiaries and Groupama receive downgrades; Aviva placed under review &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="market graph" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/063/109063/marketgraph-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b0438ec/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=European+Insurers+face+downgrades+amid+continuing+sovereign+debt+crisis&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2133469%2Feuropean-insurers-downgrades-amid-continuing-sovereign-debt-crisis%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DEuropean%2BInsurers%2Bface%2Bdowngrades%2Bamid%2Bcontinuing%2Bsovereign%2Bdebt%2Bcrisis" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=European+Insurers+face+downgrades+amid+continuing+sovereign+debt+crisis&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2133469%2Feuropean-insurers-downgrades-amid-continuing-sovereign-debt-crisis%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DEuropean%2BInsurers%2Bface%2Bdowngrades%2Bamid%2Bcontinuing%2Bsovereign%2Bdebt%2Bcrisis" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587406653/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b0438ec/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121587406653/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1b0438ec/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:41:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2133469/european-insurers-downgrades-amid-continuing-sovereign-debt-crisis?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=European+Insurers+face+downgrades+amid+continuing+sovereign+debt+crisis</guid></item><item><title>Sovereign debt crisis spurs investment in cat bonds</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1af0318d/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C21325280Csovereign0Edebt0Ecrisis0Espurs0Einvestment0Ecat0Ebonds0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FSovereign0Kdebt0Kcrisis0Kspurs0Kinvestment0Kin0Kcat0Kbonds0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Life insurers and pension funds using insurance-linked securities as diversifier, as deal activity jumps in fourth quarter &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="hurricane-bill" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/343/85343/hurricane-bill-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1af0318d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sovereign+debt+crisis+spurs+investment+in+cat+bonds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2132528%2Fsovereign-debt-crisis-spurs-investment-cat-bonds%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSovereign%2Bdebt%2Bcrisis%2Bspurs%2Binvestment%2Bin%2Bcat%2Bbonds%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sovereign+debt+crisis+spurs+investment+in+cat+bonds&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2132528%2Fsovereign-debt-crisis-spurs-investment-cat-bonds%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSovereign%2Bdebt%2Bcrisis%2Bspurs%2Binvestment%2Bin%2Bcat%2Bbonds%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121217348501/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1af0318d/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/121217348501/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1af0318d/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2132528/sovereign-debt-crisis-spurs-investment-cat-bonds?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Sovereign+debt+crisis+spurs+investment+in+cat+bonds+</guid></item><item><title>Eiopa to perform insurer stress test next year</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1acbfbfc/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C21313470Ceiopa0Eperform0Einsurer0Estress0Etest0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FEiopa0Kto0Kperform0Kinsurer0Kstress0Ktest0Knext0Kyear/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Tests will not be based on QIS 5 calibrations, says Montalvo &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="EU flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/578/91578/euflagbanner-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1acbfbfc/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Eiopa+to+perform+insurer+stress+test+next+year&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2131347%2Feiopa-perform-insurer-stress-test%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DEiopa%2Bto%2Bperform%2Binsurer%2Bstress%2Btest%2Bnext%2Byear" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Eiopa+to+perform+insurer+stress+test+next+year&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2131347%2Feiopa-perform-insurer-stress-test%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DEiopa%2Bto%2Bperform%2Binsurer%2Bstress%2Btest%2Bnext%2Byear" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219167480/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1acbfbfc/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219167480/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1acbfbfc/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:04:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2131347/eiopa-perform-insurer-stress-test?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Eiopa+to+perform+insurer+stress+test+next+year</guid></item><item><title>New insurer 'to slash buy-out costs' for DB schemes</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1abc4a17/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A820A0Cinsurer0Eslash0Ecosts0Edb0Eschemes0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FNew0Kinsurer0K0J27to0Kslash0Kbuy0Eout0Kcosts0J270Kfor0KDB0Kschemes/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Long Acre Life will use mutual concept to cut buy-out costs &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="David Norgrove" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/658/204658/david-norgrove-320x198.JPG" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1abc4a17/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=New+insurer+%27to+slash+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130820%2Finsurer-slash-costs-db-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DNew%2Binsurer%2B%2527to%2Bslash%2Bbuy-out%2Bcosts%2527%2Bfor%2BDB%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=New+insurer+%27to+slash+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130820%2Finsurer-slash-costs-db-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DNew%2Binsurer%2B%2527to%2Bslash%2Bbuy-out%2Bcosts%2527%2Bfor%2BDB%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219276791/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1abc4a17/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219276791/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1abc4a17/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:56:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130820/insurer-slash-costs-db-schemes?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=New+insurer+%27to+slash+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes</guid></item><item><title>New insurer 'to cut buy-out costs' for DB schemes</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1abcfebe/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A820A0Cinsurer0Eslash0Ecosts0Edb0Eschemes0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FNew0Kinsurer0K0J27to0Kcut0Kbuy0Eout0Kcosts0J270Kfor0KDB0Kschemes/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Long Acre Life will use mutual concept to reduce ultimate buy-out cost for pension funds &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="David Norgrove" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/658/204658/david-norgrove-320x198.JPG" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1abcfebe/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=New+insurer+%27to+cut+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130820%2Finsurer-slash-costs-db-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DNew%2Binsurer%2B%2527to%2Bcut%2Bbuy-out%2Bcosts%2527%2Bfor%2BDB%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=New+insurer+%27to+cut+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130820%2Finsurer-slash-costs-db-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DNew%2Binsurer%2B%2527to%2Bcut%2Bbuy-out%2Bcosts%2527%2Bfor%2BDB%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130820/insurer-slash-costs-db-schemes?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=New+insurer+%27to+cut+buy-out+costs%27+for+DB+schemes</guid></item><item><title>Dutch regulator urges insurers to report under Solvency II in 2013</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1ab527ff/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A4640Cdutch0Eregulator0Eurges0Einsurers0Ereport0Esolvency0Eii0E20A130DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FDutch0Kregulator0Kurges0Kinsurers0Kto0Kreport0Kunder0KSolvency0KII0Kin0K20A13/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Reporting under market-consistent framework would assist transition to new regime, says DNB &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="netherlands flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/836/95836/netherlandsflag-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1ab527ff/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2013&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130464%2Fdutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DDutch%2Bregulator%2Burges%2Binsurers%2Bto%2Breport%2Bunder%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bin%2B2013" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2013&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130464%2Fdutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DDutch%2Bregulator%2Burges%2Binsurers%2Bto%2Breport%2Bunder%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bin%2B2013" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219188905/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1ab527ff/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219188905/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1ab527ff/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:07:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130464/dutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2013</guid></item><item><title>Dutch regulator urges insurers to report under Solvency II in 2012</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b16a6af/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A4640Cdutch0Eregulator0Eurges0Einsurers0Ereport0Esolvency0Eii0E20A130DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FDutch0Kregulator0Kurges0Kinsurers0Kto0Kreport0Kunder0KSolvency0KII0Kin0K20A12/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Reporting under market-consistent framework would assist transition to new regime, says DNB &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="netherlands flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/836/95836/netherlandsflag-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1b16a6af/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2012&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130464%2Fdutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DDutch%2Bregulator%2Burges%2Binsurers%2Bto%2Breport%2Bunder%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bin%2B2012" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2012&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130464%2Fdutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DDutch%2Bregulator%2Burges%2Binsurers%2Bto%2Breport%2Bunder%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bin%2B2012" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130464/dutch-regulator-urges-insurers-report-solvency-ii-2013?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Dutch+regulator+urges+insurers+to+report+under+Solvency+II+in+2012</guid></item><item><title>Book review: Risk Management for Insurers</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3dc/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Creview0C21299890Cbook0Ereview0Erisk0Emanagement0Einsurers0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FBook0Kreview0J3A0KRisk0KManagement0Kfor0KInsurers/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Risk and reward &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Risk Management for Insurers by René Doff is a timely explanation of best practice in risk control and economic capital management, writes Michael Faulkner &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Risk Management For Insurers by Rene Doff" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/111/204111/risk-management-for-insurers-rene-doff-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3dc/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Book+review%3A+Risk+Management+for+Insurers&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Freview%2F2129989%2Fbook-review-risk-management-insurers%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DBook%2Breview%253A%2BRisk%2BManagement%2Bfor%2BInsurers" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Book+review%3A+Risk+Management+for+Insurers&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Freview%2F2129989%2Fbook-review-risk-management-insurers%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DBook%2Breview%253A%2BRisk%2BManagement%2Bfor%2BInsurers" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090428/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3dc/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090428/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3dc/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:37:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/review/2129989/book-review-risk-management-insurers?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Book+review%3A+Risk+Management+for+Insurers</guid></item><item><title>Insurers look to optimise curve-fitting technique</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3dd/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C2130A0A0A90Cinsurers0Elook0Eoptimise0Ecurve0Efitting0Etechnique0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FInsurers0Klook0Kto0Koptimise0Kcurve0Efitting0Ktechnique/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; The learning curve &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Curve fitting is one of the most popular approximation methods to value liabilities. But it has limitations and insurers are working hard to optimise the technique, reports Clive Davidson &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Learning curve" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/978/203978/learning-curve-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3dd/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Insurers+look+to+optimise+curve-fitting+technique&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130009%2Finsurers-look-optimise-curve-fitting-technique%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Blook%2Bto%2Boptimise%2Bcurve-fitting%2Btechnique" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Insurers+look+to+optimise+curve-fitting+technique&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130009%2Finsurers-look-optimise-curve-fitting-technique%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Blook%2Bto%2Boptimise%2Bcurve-fitting%2Btechnique" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090427/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3dd/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090427/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3dd/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:34:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2130009/insurers-look-optimise-curve-fitting-technique?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Insurers+look+to+optimise+curve-fitting+technique</guid></item><item><title>Plans for US Orsa gather pace</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e1/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C2130A0A160Cplans0Eorsa0Egather0Epace0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FPlans0Kfor0KUS0KOrsa0Kgather0Kpace0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; The American dream &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; The prospect of a US version of the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment for insurers has moved a step closer with approval of the draft guidance. Thomas Whittaker looks at the progress of the initiative &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="USA" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/127/204127/usa-from-above-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e1/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Plans+for+US+Orsa+gather+pace&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130016%2Fplans-orsa-gather-pace%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DPlans%2Bfor%2BUS%2BOrsa%2Bgather%2Bpace%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Plans+for+US+Orsa+gather+pace&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130016%2Fplans-orsa-gather-pace%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DPlans%2Bfor%2BUS%2BOrsa%2Bgather%2Bpace%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090426/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e1/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090426/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e1/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:28:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2130016/plans-orsa-gather-pace?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Plans+for+US+Orsa+gather+pace+</guid></item><item><title>Lessons learned from the Swiss Solvency Test</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e5/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C2130A0A230Clessons0Elearned0Eswiss0Esolvency0Etest0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FLessons0Klearned0Kfrom0Kthe0KSwiss0KSolvency0KTest/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Swiss-based capital &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Three years after the Swiss Solvency Test became mandatory for all Swiss insurers, Life &amp; Pension Risk looks at the impact of the regulation on the industry and discovers a number of lessons that Europe should learn. Thomas Whittaker reports &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Swiss flags" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/119/204119/swiss-flags-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e5/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Lessons+learned+from+the+Swiss+Solvency+Test&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130023%2Flessons-learned-swiss-solvency-test%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DLessons%2Blearned%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BSwiss%2BSolvency%2BTest" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Lessons+learned+from+the+Swiss+Solvency+Test&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130023%2Flessons-learned-swiss-solvency-test%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DLessons%2Blearned%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BSwiss%2BSolvency%2BTest" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090424/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e5/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090424/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e5/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2130023/lessons-learned-swiss-solvency-test?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Lessons+learned+from+the+Swiss+Solvency+Test</guid></item><item><title>Case study: Friends Life’s investment governance framework</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e8/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C2130A0A320Cstudy0Efriends0Elife0Es0Einvestment0Egovernance0Eframework0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FCase0Kstudy0J3A0KFriends0KLife0JE20J80A0J99s0Kinvestment0Kgovernance0Kframework/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Breathing new life &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; Insurer Friends Life has completed a major overhaul of the investment governance structure of its UK life businesses. Chief investment officer Mark Versey tells Michael Faulkner how this was achieved &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Friends Life at One New Change" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/098/204098/friends-life-one-new-change-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e8/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Case+study%3A+Friends+Life%E2%80%99s+investment+governance+framework&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130032%2Fstudy-friends-life-s-investment-governance-framework%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DCase%2Bstudy%253A%2BFriends%2BLife%25E2%2580%2599s%2Binvestment%2Bgovernance%2Bframework" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Case+study%3A+Friends+Life%E2%80%99s+investment+governance+framework&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130032%2Fstudy-friends-life-s-investment-governance-framework%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DCase%2Bstudy%253A%2BFriends%2BLife%25E2%2580%2599s%2Binvestment%2Bgovernance%2Bframework" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090422/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090422/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:16:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2130032/study-friends-life-s-investment-governance-framework?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Case+study%3A+Friends+Life%E2%80%99s+investment+governance+framework</guid></item><item><title>Insurers and pension funds eye emerging market debt</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e9/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cfeature0C2130A0A420Cinsurers0Epension0Efunds0Eeye0Eemerging0Emarket0Edebt0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FInsurers0Kand0Kpension0Kfunds0Keye0Kemerging0Kmarket0Kdebt0K/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; New horizons &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; With the deepening crisis in the eurozone, emerging market debt is looking an ever more attractive investment. Blake Evans-Pritchard reports &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="binoculars" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/975/203975/binoculars-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3e9/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Insurers+and+pension+funds+eye+emerging+market+debt&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130042%2Finsurers-pension-funds-eye-emerging-market-debt%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Band%2Bpension%2Bfunds%2Beye%2Bemerging%2Bmarket%2Bdebt%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Insurers+and+pension+funds+eye+emerging+market+debt&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ffeature%2F2130042%2Finsurers-pension-funds-eye-emerging-market-debt%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInsurers%2Band%2Bpension%2Bfunds%2Beye%2Bemerging%2Bmarket%2Bdebt%2B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090421/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e9/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090421/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3e9/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/feature/2130042/insurers-pension-funds-eye-emerging-market-debt?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Insurers+and+pension+funds+eye+emerging+market+debt+</guid></item><item><title>Solvency II for pensions could be ‘killer blow’ for UK schemes</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ea/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A0A610Csolvency0Eii0Epensions0Ekiller0Eblow0Euk0Eschemes0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FSolvency0KII0Kfor0Kpensions0Kcould0Kbe0K0JE20J80A0J98killer0Kblow0JE20J80A0J990Kfor0KUK0Kschemes/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Solvency II for pensions could be ‘killer blow’ for UK schemes &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Eiopa" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/979/203979/eiopa-image-from-solvencyiiwire-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ea/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Solvency+II+for+pensions+could+be+%E2%80%98killer+blow%E2%80%99+for+UK+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130061%2Fsolvency-ii-pensions-killer-blow-uk-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSolvency%2BII%2Bfor%2Bpensions%2Bcould%2Bbe%2B%25E2%2580%2598killer%2Bblow%25E2%2580%2599%2Bfor%2BUK%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Solvency+II+for+pensions+could+be+%E2%80%98killer+blow%E2%80%99+for+UK+schemes&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130061%2Fsolvency-ii-pensions-killer-blow-uk-schemes%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSolvency%2BII%2Bfor%2Bpensions%2Bcould%2Bbe%2B%25E2%2580%2598killer%2Bblow%25E2%2580%2599%2Bfor%2BUK%2Bschemes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090420/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ea/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090420/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ea/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:03:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130061/solvency-ii-pensions-killer-blow-uk-schemes?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Solvency+II+for+pensions+could+be+%E2%80%98killer+blow%E2%80%99+for+UK+schemes</guid></item><item><title>Trade bodies gear up for Solvency II impact studies</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3eb/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A0A660Ctrade0Ebodies0Egear0Esolvency0Eii0Eimpact0Estudies0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FTrade0Kbodies0Kgear0Kup0Kfor0KSolvency0KII0Kimpact0Kstudies/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Trade bodies gear up for Solvency II impact studies &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="German flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/101/204101/german-flag2-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3eb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Trade+bodies+gear+up+for+Solvency+II+impact+studies&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130066%2Ftrade-bodies-gear-solvency-ii-impact-studies%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DTrade%2Bbodies%2Bgear%2Bup%2Bfor%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bimpact%2Bstudies" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Trade+bodies+gear+up+for+Solvency+II+impact+studies&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130066%2Ftrade-bodies-gear-solvency-ii-impact-studies%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DTrade%2Bbodies%2Bgear%2Bup%2Bfor%2BSolvency%2BII%2Bimpact%2Bstudies" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090419/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3eb/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090419/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3eb/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130066/trade-bodies-gear-solvency-ii-impact-studies?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Trade+bodies+gear+up+for+Solvency+II+impact+studies</guid></item><item><title>Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ed/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C2130A10A90Cinvestment0Estructure0Ekey0Eattracting0Epension0Efunds0Euk0Einfrastructure0Eplan0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FInvestment0Kstructure0Kkey0Kto0Kattracting0Kpension0Kfunds0Kto0KUK0Kinfrastructure0Kplan/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Investment structure key to attracting pension funds to UK infrastructure plan &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="british flag" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/579/91579/britishflag-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ed/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Investment+structure+key+to+attracting+pension+funds+to+UK+infrastructure+plan&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130109%2Finvestment-structure-key-attracting-pension-funds-uk-infrastructure-plan%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInvestment%2Bstructure%2Bkey%2Bto%2Battracting%2Bpension%2Bfunds%2Bto%2BUK%2Binfrastructure%2Bplan" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Investment+structure+key+to+attracting+pension+funds+to+UK+infrastructure+plan&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fnews%2F2130109%2Finvestment-structure-key-attracting-pension-funds-uk-infrastructure-plan%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DInvestment%2Bstructure%2Bkey%2Bto%2Battracting%2Bpension%2Bfunds%2Bto%2BUK%2Binfrastructure%2Bplan" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090418/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ed/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090418/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ed/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:54:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/news/2130109/investment-structure-key-attracting-pension-funds-uk-infrastructure-plan?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Investment+structure+key+to+attracting+pension+funds+to+UK+infrastructure+plan</guid></item><item><title>As good as it gets?</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ef/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Copinion0C2130A1120Cas0Egood0Eas0Eit0Egets0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FAs0Kgood0Kas0Kit0Kgets0J3F/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; As good as it gets? &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="michael-faulkner" src="http://www.risk.net/IMG/958/192958/michael-faulkner-320x198.jpg" title="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3ef/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=As+good+as+it+gets%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fopinion%2F2130112%2Fas-good-as-it-gets%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DAs%2Bgood%2Bas%2Bit%2Bgets%253F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=As+good+as+it+gets%3F&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Fopinion%2F2130112%2Fas-good-as-it-gets%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DAs%2Bgood%2Bas%2Bit%2Bgets%253F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090416/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ef/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090416/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3ef/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:48:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/opinion/2130112/as-good-as-it-gets?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=As+good+as+it+gets%3F</guid></item><item><title>Sponsor covenants in risk-based capital</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3f5/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Ctechnical0Epaper0C2130A1380Csponsor0Ecovenants0Erisk0Ecapital0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FSponsor0Kcovenants0Kin0Krisk0Ebased0Kcapital/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; &lt;!-- link --&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/&gt;Risk.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- end-link --&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- subheading --&gt; Sponsor covenants in risk-based capital &lt;!-- end-subheading --&gt; &lt;!-- summary --&gt; With a second European Union consultation on moving pension fund capital requirements on to a more market-consistent, risk-based capital framework, many have been alarmed at the idea of heavy Solvency II-style requirements for retirement schemes. But incorporating covenant agreements as an embedded option on a fund’s liabilities can reduce the capital burden. By Malcolm Kemp &lt;!-- end-summary --&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- Start Artilce title image --&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- End Article Title Image --&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1aacb3f5/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Sponsor+covenants+in+risk-based+capital&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ftechnical-paper%2F2130138%2Fsponsor-covenants-risk-capital%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSponsor%2Bcovenants%2Bin%2Brisk-based%2Bcapital" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sponsor+covenants+in+risk-based+capital&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.risk.net%2Flife-and-pension-risk%2Ftechnical-paper%2F2130138%2Fsponsor-covenants-risk-capital%3FWT.rss_f%3DLiability%2Bmanagement%26WT.rss_a%3DSponsor%2Bcovenants%2Bin%2Brisk-based%2Bcapital" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090414/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3f5/kg/268/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/120219090414/u/0/f/472828/c/32411/s/1aacb3f5/kg/268/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.risk.net/life-and-pension-risk/technical-paper/2130138/sponsor-covenants-risk-capital?WT.rss_f=Liability+management&amp;WT.rss_a=Sponsor+covenants+in+risk-based+capital</guid></item><item><title>CPI-linked gilts will not be issued next year, says government</title><link>http://feeds.risk.net/c/32411/f/472828/s/1a9ba93b/l/0L0Srisk0Bnet0Clife0Eand0Epension0Erisk0Cnews0C21298110Ccpi0Elinked0Egilts0Eissued0Egovernment0DWT0Brss0If0FLiability0Kmanagement0GWT0Brss0Ia0FCPI0Elinked0Kgilts0Kwill0Knot0Kbe0Kissued0Knext0Kyear0J2C0Ksays0Kgovernment/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt; 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