Convergence in wholesale financial services: Reinsurance and investment banking

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-222

  Cummins, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative risk transfer; Catastrophic risk; Convergence of financial markets; Reinsurance; Securitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444380040     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510031     Document Type: Article

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