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Raghu Ramachandran

Head of Insurance Asset Channel, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Raghu Ramachandran is Head of Insurance Asset Channel at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In this role, he is responsible for applying S&P DJI resources to solve problems for insurance companies. Raghu works on how indices are used to create innovative products for insurance companies, benchmarking general account portfolios and the use of ETFs by insurance companies.

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May 24, 2018

Raghu RamachandranHead of Insurance Asset ChannelS&P Dow Jones Indices

On the Use of Bond ETFs by Insurance Companies

Recently, S&P Dow Jones Indices published an analysis on the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by U.S. insurance companies in their general accounts. This blog post provides additional details on the investments in Bond ETFs by insurance companies. The original analysis noted that of the USD 27.2 billion insurance companies invested in ETFs, companies invested…

Categories Fixed Income
Tags Bond ETFs, bonds, insurance, Systematic Valuation

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Fixed Income

Tags
Bond ETFs, bonds, insurance, Systematic Valuation

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Fei Mei Chan Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hamish Preston Associate Director, U.S. Equity Indices

Berlinda Liu Director, Global Research & Design

Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Phillip Brzenk Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

Fiona Boal Head of Commodities and Real Assets

Howard Silverblatt Senior Index Analyst, Product Management

Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

Anu Ganti Senior Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hong Xie Senior Director, Global Research & Design

Shaun Wurzbach Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel

Jamie Farmer Chief Commercial Officer

Akash Jain Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Chris Bennett Director, Index Investment Strategy

Reid Steadman Managing Director, Global Head of ESG

Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Jaime Merino Director, Asset Owners Channel

John Welling Director, Equity Indices

Jim Wiederhold Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

Bill Hao Director, Global Research & Design

Jason Giordano Director, Fixed Income, Product Management

Tianyin Cheng Senior Director, Strategy and Volatility Indices

Qing Li Director, Global Research & Design

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Priscilla Luk Managing Director, Global Research & Design, APAC

Rupert Watts Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Liyu Zeng Director, Global Research & Design

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Stuart Magrath Senior Director, Channel Management, Australia and New Zealand

Karina Tjin Analyst, Strategy Indices

Michael Mell Senior Director, Custom Indices

Andrew Innes Head of EMEA, Global Research & Design

Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

Mona Naqvi Senior Director, Head of ESG Product Strategy, North America

Brian Luke Global Head of Fixed Income Indices

Smita Chirputkar Director, Global Research & Design

Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

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Sherifa Issifu Associate, Index Investment Strategy

Margaret Dorn Senior Director, ESG Product Strategy, North America

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