Tag: Rilas
Société Générale deploys prop index plays amid expanding annuity market
North America | Indices
25 Mar 2021 by Lavanya Nair
The French bank is seeking to capitalise on its index capabilities to respond to demand for custom indices in the indexed annuities market.
Indexed annuities: custom indices displace domestic large-cap underlyings
North America | Indices
19 Feb 2021 by Lavanya Nair
Annuities gained traction in 2020 amid a historically low interest rate environment with investors leaning towards registered index-linked annuity (Rilas) over fixed-indexed annuities (FIAs). Now a shift towards annuity products linked to proprietary & custom underlyings is on the rise.