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...NBFIs – like mutual funds, pensions and insurance firms – can die without summoning the end of days. Or so one view goes....
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...an interim report, the body said these partnerships would smooth out investment returns, to help projects achieve an investment-grade credit rating and make them a better match for insurers’ long-term liabilities...
...A wave of corporate pension deals, in which the insurer takes over the assets and liabilities of company schemes, lifted the retirement division, while the retail business dimmed slightly because of a lower...
...The cost is as yet unknown. The insurance sector is expecting a hefty bill....
...The PLD impact assessment estimated annual payouts from the reformed system could reach €217mn and insurance costs for companies rise around 10 per cent....
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...It’s not a shock that corporate debt markets are healthy right now — economic growth is rolling along and rates markets are no longer pricing in recession, reducing companies’ incentive for waiting — but...
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