Opening Keynote Address: An Economist's insight into the current market environment: which pressing macro issues should insurers be most concerned about in 2016 and beyond?
- Outlook for different markets and geographical regions
- Downturn in china
- Commodities boom/bubble crash
- Continued low interest rates: Are we facing the realization that low interest rates are here to stay? – what does that do to our long-term investment strategy?
- What is the new norm? – how low can rates go?
- Deflation
- Volatile equity markets
- Monetary and fiscal policies – impact and expectation in GBP, EUR and USD
- Geopolitical outlook – Brexit, US election, Saudi-Iran
Speaker:
Astrid Frey, Deputy Head Economic Research & Consulting Macro, SWISS RE