Munich Re, WTW's sovereign debt ‘cat wrapper’ a model for SE Asia

Munich Re, WTW’s sovereign debt ‘cat wrapper’ a model for SE Asia

December 22 2021 by Raymond Barrett

As the governments of Malaysia and Philippines struggle to deal with the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rai, a new parametric solution designed to provide sovereign debt repayment protection seems a perfe...

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