Bank loan report

Nomiprins at aol.com Nomiprins at aol.com
Thu Aug 22 19:39:04 PDT 2002


In a message dated 8/22/2002 12:03:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, b_rieux at yahoo.com writes:


> However, the big insurance firms are putting big
> money on hedge funds to try and get some return
> so they can pay what they promised on annuities.
>

Yeah. Talk about investing in non transparent vehicles. European insurance companies faced the same problem in the mid 90's with respect to paying out on their long term liabilities. Particularly in Germany, where achieving the past promised 7% returns with low risk government bonds became impossible. The highest risk components of collateralized bond or loan obligations are dispersed throughout German, French, Italian, and Swiss insurance companies. Smart of the Japanese not to trust these securities, which are mathematically geared to be comprised of junk. The hedge fund strategies you mention tend to be mostly invested in equities, though, not much safer nowadays....

Nomi

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