Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Correlations and Diversification Benefit

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1. When a company writes risks across a number of classes, it seems reasonable to anticipate that the values assessed to give a 75% likeliho...
Monday, 17 April 2017

Selecting Tail Factors for Actuarial Valuation

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1. The selection of the loss development tail factor is extremely important because it affects estimates for all accident years. 2. A mino...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Understanding Trade Credit Insurance

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1. In April 2017, The Actuary reported trade credit insurers paid £210m to businesses last year due to non-payment claims, the equivalent of...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

Malaysia's 2017 FDI Outlook

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1. Malaysia's economy is performing well in the region in terms of efficiency and business regulations despite modest GDP growth of 4.1 ...
Thursday, 30 March 2017

Hedge Funds - Part 2 - Process and Policies Due Diligence

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1. Hedge funds trade securities in volumes that are a multiple of their traditional asset management counterparts. In addition, hedge funds...
Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Hedge Funds - Part 1 - Basic Risks and Due Diligence

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1. Hedge funds are unregulated investment pools. They generally are more nimble and dynamic in their trading strategies than other investme...
Saturday, 11 March 2017

Solar Energy Global Demand and Value in the Supply Chain

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1.  Malaysia is ranked number three in the world in the solar manufacturing industry with China at number one and Taiwan in second place. ...
Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Asset Liability Mismatch and Management

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ASSET LIABILITY MISMATCH IN BANKS SYSTEM 1. Mismatch occurs when the tenure of maturing loans do not match the tenure of the sources of fu...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017

World Manufacturing Risk Index and Pioneer Index Report

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1. A Manufacturing Risk Index assesses the, economic, technological and environmental risks in site selection for new manufacturing faciliti...

[Framework] IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts - Part 3 - PAA on liability for remaining coverage

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1. The Premium Allocation Approach (PAA) is a simplification of the Building Block Approach (BBA) to measuring insurance contract assets and...
Saturday, 25 February 2017

[Framework] IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts - Part 2 - Remeasuring, Presentation and Impact

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1. Remeasuring after subsequent period. 2. Presentation in Financial Statement 3. Impact on Insurers (Life and General)
Tuesday, 14 February 2017

[Framework] IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts - Part 1 - Summary and Features

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1. IFRS 17: Insurance Contracts will take effect on 1 January 2021.   2. The new standard will replace interim standard IFRS 4: Phase...
Saturday, 28 January 2017

[Misconduct] Deutsche Bank Fined £163 Million and $7.2 Billion for 2 Serious Failings

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1.  Deutsche Bank reaches a $7.2 billion settlement over US mortgage-backed securities 2. Deutsche Bank Fined £163 million by FCA for Ant...
Tuesday, 17 January 2017

ASEAN Manufacturing - Part 3 - Malaysia's Potential Industry

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1. Although the weak ringgit has made Malaysia an inexpensive market for foreign investors, the country remained a resilient economy despit...
Tuesday, 10 January 2017

ASEAN Manufacturing - Part 2 - Key Sectors Review and Changing Trends

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1. Businesses must understand the changing landscape and how it could affect their decisions on the location of manufacturing plants and co...
Tuesday, 3 January 2017

ASEAN Manufacturing - Part 1 - Overview & US Manufacturing Outlook

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1. A brief overview of recent developments  that have influenced investors to build and expand operations in the region as foreign investors...
Tuesday, 27 December 2016

[Framework] Guide to Industry 4.0

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1. Industry 1.0 was based on the introduction of mechanical production equipment driven by water and steam power. Industry 2.0 was based on...
Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Chinese Companies Expanding Abroad and the Challenges

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1. China has the world’s largest supply of foreign currency reserve and Beijing’s easing restrictions on outbound cash has helped facilitate...
Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Top Chinese Companies Going Global and PR in a Foreign Country

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1. China’s outbound M&A activity for the first nine months of 2016 totaled $174 billion, (From Dealogic data) surpassing that of the Uni...
Thursday, 1 December 2016

[Framework] 10 Recommendations for Risk Management Improvements and 6 Useful KRIs

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1. 10 actions to help firms better manage their risks. 2. 6 KRIs serving as a good tool for firms to summarise issues for management, t...