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Beyond the bond curve

When traditional economic indicators such as the bond curve are no longer ...
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Four things about the euro you shouldn't believe

Allianz chief economist Dr. Michael Heise picks apart common myths about the ...
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A currency for caring

TimeBanks creator Edgar S. Cahn explains his vision of a barter system that ...
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The three pillars of the US housing recovery

The beleaguered US housing market shows signs of recovering. But are gains ...
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US companies flush with cash

Waves of cost-cutting have left many US companies with deep pockets. What will ...
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Finance: Video
The meaning behind the new abnormal

The new abnormal on the financial markets means that normal interest rates on ...
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Inflation - The short term outlook is more optimistic than you might think. / Credits: Shutterstock

Finance Inflation: The monetary whirlpool Will central banks be able to keep the opposing currents of inflation and ... more

Labourers work at the construction site of a commercial complex in the eastern Indian city of ... / Credits: Reuters

Finance Paying for Asia’s foundations Booming infrastructure growth in Asia is attracting ever greater private ... more

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Finance: Infographics Top 10 global business risks for 2013 Business interruption, fire, explosions, and natural disasters rank high among ... more

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Finance European investors eye substitutes for sovereign debt The prospect of falling government bond yields has institutional investors ... more

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Finance: Interview How little a million dollars will buy Don’t be fooled by the illusion of wealth, warns Shlomo Benartzi, co-chair of ... more

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Finance Institutional investors weather the storm in renewables Seeking stable returns, many pension plans and insurers have invested big in ... more

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Finance An end to boom and bust? Economist Larry Kotlikoff believes Limited Purpose Banking can prevent future ... more

"Euro 2022": Michael Heise's market commentary on the future of the eurozone. / Credits: Shutterstock

Finance The eurozone: Destination 2022 Michael Heise, chief economist of Allianz, assesses the future of the eurozone, ... more

Finance 10 key components of the fiscal cliff Allianz Global Investors presents a comprehensive guide to the key components ... more

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Finance Fiscal cliff obscures fading fundamentals Allianz experts on why alarm bells sounding over expiring tax breaks and ... more

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Finance The first battle in a much larger war Beyond the fiscal cliff there are mighty confrontations on the horizon, ... more

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Couples dance at the Vienna Opera ball

Children in class dressed in Danish costume

A Hungarian firefighter protests against government austerity measures.

A warning sign showing a parent and child

Cross country skiers in a mass race in Sweden

An elderly French man prepares to take to the sea

A Belgian sunbather under an umbrella on the beach

An elderly lady at the Venice Carnival parade

Finance Future finances: 10 riskiest countries Aging Europe is in danger of falling into a financial black hole that could dwarf the ... more

A microinsured family relates their experience. One of nine real-life stories about microinsurance ... / Credits: Allianz

Finance Real-life microinsurance stories Microinsurance aims to protect low-income people in developing countries ... more

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A damaged hut in the village of Nandavanam.

Villagers in Tamil Nadu, with water up to their knees.

A team of Bajaj Allianz insurance specialists wades along a flooded road.

A claimant signs an acceptance declaration.

Laughing children in the village of Kheezhvelur.

Finance Microinsurance after Cyclone Nisha After Cyclone Nisha devastated the Tamil Nadu coastline in India, Bajaj Allianz ... more

Finance: Interview A helping hand for Fair Finance When London microcredit provider Fair Finance was overwhelmed by exploding ... more

Microinsurance can help protect people in emerging countries fall back into poverty / Credits: Reuters

Finance Reducing the risks of the poor Even if poor families survive catastrophes like droughts, floods or epidemics, ... more

Women sell items at a Grameen America open house at St. John's University in New York. Originally ... / Credits: Reuters

Finance: Interview Are women better bankers? One key to the Grameen Bank's success is that it mostly works with women. Susan ... more

Keith Chen, Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management, explains at ... / Credits: James Duncan Davidson

Demography TEDGlobal 2012: How language affects wealth and health Language could be the secret to saving more and smoking less, said economist ... more

300 words video: Is there a positive side to crisis? / Credits: Allianz/ Ray Moore

Finance: Video Is there a positive side to crisis? Hans-Jörg Naumer, Head of Capital Market Analysis at Allianz Global Investors, ... more

"Save More Tomorrow" is the first comprehensive application of behavioral finance to improve ... / Credits: AGI Center for Behavioral Finance

Finance Save More Tomorrow: A guide to smarter saving Described as a “trillion dollar book” in terms of social value, Shlomo ... more

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Finance Boomers & retirement: The good, the bad and the ugly I To build secure retirement plans, Americans must study the good, bad and ugly ... more

Real estate broker Leila Yusuf poses outside her upper East Side Manhattan office in New York. More ... / Credits: Reuters

Finance Boomers & retirement: The good, the bad and the ugly II In the second of two analyses on U.S. retirement, Katie Libbe, Allianz Life, ... more

The poor financial decisions we make now will haunt us in retirement and are often down to ... / Credits: Reuters

Finance Behavioral Finance 1.0: Money mistakes Behavioral finance combines psychology and financial economics, and examines ... more

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Finance Behavioral Finance 2.0: Money solutions Early behavioral finance studied how people make financial decisions and then ... more

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Finance How to plan happiness People who save regularly for retirement tend to be happier with their ... more

Finance Learning from microinsurance projects worldwide Microinsurance expert Craig Churchill explains what he has learned from looking ... more

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Finance SRI: The good, the bad, and the unprofitable How do responsible fund managers pick their stocks? The answer is that they use ... more

Bangladeshi women count money for repayment to a microcredit bank at Dowtia village, near Dhaka / Credits: Reuters

Finance: Interview How business can fight poverty Jacqueline Novogratz, once a rising star in international banking, left the ... more

Indian women are informed about microinsurance advantages. The concept helps the rural population a ... / Credits: Bajaj Allianz

In rural Africa, most people have never heard of the insurance, let alone Allianz's products / Credits: Reuters

Finance Covering Africa: (micro-)insurance built on trust In rural Africa, before Allianz can market its products, it has to market the ... more