Insurers point to challenges in 2015 amid yield hunt
Asia-based CIOs discuss their strategies for generating returns in a low-rate world at our Insurance Investment Forum, and the biggest risks they see in their efforts to match liabilities.
Asian insurers underscored the challenges they face this year as they hunt for yield in the low-rate environment while trying not to compromise on risk, a forum heard.
Asked about relative value of securities in 2015, Sophia Cheng, CIO of Cathay Financial Holdings, said: “If I use one word to describe 2015 it would be volatility. If I use two, it would be uncomfortable volatility. If I have three, super uncomfortable volatility.”
Speaking at AsianInvestor’s Insurance Investment …
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