Eurex Exchange has recently set several new records in its Euro-OAT Futures. In August 2012, open interest exceeded for the first time the 100,000 threshold with 104,869 contracts. Trading volume in July also set a new record, both in average daily volume with about 19,600 contracts and in total with 431,000 contracts. Total volume since launch is over 1.5 million contracts.

According to John Gilbert, CIO of the Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary General Re-New England AM, French 10-year bonds should yield between 4.5% and 5%, closer to Italian and Spanish bonds rather than German ones. However, This opinion is not shared by the majority of the fund managers interviewed ...

Swiss Re today announced the successful transfer of USD 275 million of extreme mortality risk to the capital markets through its VITA securitization programme.

According to Alain Dib, Global Head of Equity-Linked business at BNP Paribas, the appetite for convertible bonds is greater than the available supply, currently proposed by issuers

As products at the forefront of finance and Insurance which propose a number of types of guarantees and multiple options corresponding, in theory, to the essential needs of clients (availability of funds, profitability, security), Variable Annuity stands to become the new model of saving for life assurance...