Zurich strives to cut HK portfolio duration gap
The Swiss insurer’s CIO for Hong Kong and Singapore wants to buy longer-dated bonds to better match the firm’s assets to its liabilities. But that's easier said than done.
The relative lack of long-dated bonds in Asia remains a major challenge for life insurance firms looking for investments to match the multi-decade horizons of their liabilities. The situation has not improved in markets such as Hong Kong, despite continued pressure from the insurance industry, senior executives have told AsianInvestor.
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