Sunday, 30 October 2016

[Misconduct] Wells Fargo Employees Creating Fictitious Accounts

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1. Imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't sign up for. 2. In September,  federal regulators reported that Wells Fargo  empl...
Saturday, 15 October 2016

Will China Become The Next Japan?

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While some draw parallels between China's slowed economic growth today and Japan in the late 1980, there are some differences.
Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Rebalancing China Explained in 6 Charts

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1.  In september 2016, IMF published a working  paper titled "Rebalancing in China - Progress and Prospects" explaining  China...
Saturday, 1 October 2016

Overview and Thoughts on China's Economic Rebalancing

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DEFINING  A REBALANCED CHINESE ECONOMY 1. China is rapidly reaching the point of diminishing economic and political returns from its inves...
Friday, 30 September 2016

Eight Priority & Potential Markets Identified In the Insurance Industry

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1. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) identified China and India as the top two priority markets for the UK insurance industry after ...
Saturday, 24 September 2016

Long-Term Growth in Asset Management Industry - Part 3 - Challenges, Strategies, Issues and Conclusion

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Part 3 discuss challenges, strategies, issues and conclusions for long term investing.
Saturday, 17 September 2016

Long-Term Growth in Asset Management Industry - Part 2 - Money Markets & retirement Plans

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Part 2 discuss the fall in money market funds and retirement provisions.
Thursday, 1 September 2016

Long-Term Growth in Asset Management Industry - Part 1 - The Industry and Distribution Network

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Part 1 discusses development in the asset management industry, the European industry and the distribution network.
Saturday, 20 August 2016

China's Economy & Financial Markets - Part 4 - RMB and Special Drawing Rights

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Part 4 discuss the RMB's global role and the inclusion of RMB into the  Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket.

China's Economy & Financial Markets - Part 3 - Banking System, Shadow Banking, Stock Market Swings, and Policy Instability

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Part 3 discuss risks in  Banking System, Shadow Banking, Stock Market Swings, and Policy Instability.
Tuesday, 9 August 2016

China's Economy & Financial Markets - Part 2 - Capital and Debt

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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL RISKS 1. Capital account liberalization and the possibility of a surge of capital outflows, which could destabilize ...
Monday, 1 August 2016

China's Economy & Financial Markets - Part 1 - Overview

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Pertinent points from U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission's Hearing on“China's 13th Five-Year Plan” - April 27, 201...
Sunday, 31 July 2016

[Misconduct] FCA's Review on Management and Monitoring of Appointed Representatives

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1. In July 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a thematic review titled "Principals and their appointed representati...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

[Framework] Stress Testing and Capital - Part 2 - Stress Testing Process and Integrating with Capital Model

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CAPITAL MODELS 1. Internally developed risk capital models can serve many useful purposes and are increasingly becoming a core part of many...
Saturday, 9 July 2016

[Framework] Stress Testing and Capital - Part 1 - Overview, Process, & Management Action

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OVERVIEW 1. What is a stress? What are the regulatory history and roles? What is a Stress test process? 2. Including stress scenario and ...
Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Alternative Capital and Risk Transfer Trends

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TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL MARKETS 1. Catastrophe Bonds - A risk-linked debt security that transfers a specified form of catastrophe risk...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

[Framework] Solvency Assessment of Insurance Companies - Part 3 - Solvency Capital

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REGULATORS 1. the 'solvency capital' is required for various reasons from the regulatory point of view. 2. To reduce the likeliho...
Friday, 17 June 2016

[Framework] Solvency Assessment of Insurance Companies - Part 2 - Analyse and Quantify

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Covering market risks, operational risks, liquidity risks and analyzing risks and quantifying financial impacts.
Friday, 3 June 2016

[Framework] Solvency Assessment of Insurance Companies - Part 1 - Common Risks

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1.  In some countries, the supervisory authorities have an integrated risk classification system for the insurance and banking industries. E...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Reserving - Part 2 - Expected Loss Ratio

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EXPECTED LOSS RATIO METHOD 1. Uses expected ultimate loss ratios to project ultimate losses. 2. Expected ULR is based on trends of past d...