19 February 2025

A river runs through it

Analysis

17 February 2025

How can an asset manager provide an insurer with the best custom fit?

James Bradbury, business development manager on Wellington Management's EMEA insurance team, tells David Walker how the manager's bespoke solutions are cut to fit its customers
12 February 2025

Insurers now taking a more blended approach to public and private investing, Barings says

Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Patrick O'Sullivan, head of international insurance solutions at investment manager Barings to discuss his role and the sector's changing approach to investing in private markets.
10 February 2025

Real estate market back to basics

Values in the private markets have corrected signaling an encouraging outlook for real estate investors, Andrew Angeli, global head of real estate research and strategy at Zurich, says
05 February 2025

Are gilts failing to shine for institutional investors?

RLAM comments on the state of play in gilt yields ahead of the BoE's next rate cut decision
03 February 2025

Will the NAIC's new regulations change insurer's attitudes to private credit investments?

David Zhang, director at New York-based advisory firm MSCI, discusses how US insurers are coping with a torrent of new regulation from the NAIC
29 January 2025

Secret Actuary - How far from 'midnight' is the 'Insurance Doomsday Clock'?

Actuaries tell us what metrics a Doomsday Clock for insurance would probably need - and how close to Underwriting Armageddon we really are

News

  • Mercer acquires Secor Asset Management

    20 February 2025

  • M&G Real Estate invests AUS $207.5m in Australian logistics park

    20 February 2025

  • PGIM Real Estate appoints head of UK equity to lead both transaction and asset management teams

    20 February 2025

  • MetLife heralds CQS purchase as wealth and AM net inflows and earnings jump

    20 February 2025

  • Dai-ichi Life buys up local district's first disaster recovery green bond

    20 February 2025

  • PGIM Real Estate provides $345m to refinance national multifamily portfolio

    19 February 2025

  • Barings acquires Artemis Real Estate Partners

    19 February 2025

  • Lloyd's rounds out enhanced liquidity fund range with EUR and GBP funds

    19 February 2025

  • L&G launches two new index funds

    18 February 2025

  • Just Group completes £1.5m full scheme buy-in with Geoghegan pension scheme

    18 February 2025

  • LGAH appoints COO as delivery of affordable homes expands

    18 February 2025

  • NAIC re-commits to modernising risk-based capital framework in 2025

    18 February 2025

  • China's regulator warns insurers about investment concentration risk

    18 February 2025

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

    18 February 2025

  • French institutional investors back Green Private Credit fund

    17 February 2025

  • Ukraine peace talks would be boost for European EMs, Generali Investments says

    17 February 2025

  • Pension insurers invested £178bn in UK assets in 2023, ABI finds

    17 February 2025

  • Just Group completes £16m buy-in with the Deutz Retirement Benefits Plan

    17 February 2025

  • Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter

    17 February 2025

  • MS&AD more than triples gains on securities sales as keiretsu sell-off continues

    17 February 2025

  • Strategic investment sell-downs behind raise in earnings forecast for Tokio Marine

    17 February 2025

  • DWS appoints new head of Americas real estate specialists

    14 February 2025

  • RLAM signs deal with workspace operator on flagship Birmingham asset

    14 February 2025

  • AEW acquires logistics asset near Dusseldorf

    14 February 2025

  • Schroders Capital buys Milan hotel from Invesco

    14 February 2025

  • Chart of the Week - Why the news is not all bad for Californian insurer State Farm GI

    14 February 2025

  • PGIM Real Estate and Anton JV acquire Sydney office building

    13 February 2025

  • Private credit not systemic risk, Fitch says, but needs close monitoring

    13 February 2025

  • Comment - Chinese insurers find good luck, or good planning, in regulator's move on gold

    13 February 2025

Market Insight

Portfolio Finance: An Opportunity for Enhanced Spreads Through IG Credit

Portfolio finance offers a number of potential benefits for insurers seeking to generate enhanced spreads at scale in a growing market.

Event

31 March 2025, 8:50 AM

Investing in Real Assets Conference 2025

Discuss the trends, forecasts, and risk/return characteristics for investments in infrastructure, real estate, and renewable energy.

Webinar

25 February 2025, 2:00 PM GMT

UK insurers appetite for private IG credit

In this webinar, we will explore some of the key opportunities for UK insurers looking at making the most of this asset class.

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Most Read
  1. NAIC re-commits to modernising risk-based capital framework in 2025
  2. How can an asset manager provide an insurer with the best custom fit?
  3. Barings acquires Artemis Real Estate Partners
  4. Ukraine peace talks would be boost for European EMs, Generali Investments says
  5. Pension insurers invested £178bn in UK assets in 2023, ABI finds
  6. Just Group completes £16m buy-in with the Deutz Retirement Benefits Plan
  7. Strategic investment sell-downs behind raise in earnings forecast for Tokio Marine
  8. Private credit not systemic risk, Fitch says, but needs close monitoring
  9. Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter
  10. LGAH appoints COO as delivery of affordable homes expands

Spotlight: 2025 Outlook

13 November 2024

What does Trump's barnstorming victory mean for insurers?

CIOs Insurance Asset Risk spoke to in the run up to the election were right on the money when it came to predicting a Trump victory, but how can insurers and their asset managers prepare for his second stint at the White House?
27 November 2024

Europe vs the US in 2025: Which is the better placed to boom?

"Lost decade" of poor European equities is over according to DWS's new global CIO, but US could be better placed for growth
06 January 2025

BPA market steamrolls through 2024, but where's the drama?

UK PRT market volume is expected to settle around the £45bn mark, L&G's latest Endgame report suggests, but are pension schemes finding it increasingly difficult to catch insurer's eyes?
08 January 2025

From the knowable to the unknowable: Preparing for 2025

As insurers and their asset managers settle back behind their desks after the festive period, we look at some of the themes that could dominate the next few months

Focus on Asia Pacific

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22 January 2025

Are the Magnificent Seven the only tech game in town?

AllianzGI's CIO global technology equity, Jeremy Gleeson, discusses the broadening out of tech investments in 2025, why early disappointments are to be expected, and the semiconductor cycle turning point

  • M&G Real Estate invests AUS $207.5m in Australian logistics park

  • Dai-ichi Life buys up local district's first disaster recovery green bond

  • China's regulator warns insurers about investment concentration risk

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

  • Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter

  • MS&AD more than triples gains on securities sales as keiretsu sell-off continues

  • Strategic investment sell-downs behind raise in earnings forecast for Tokio Marine

  • PGIM Real Estate and Anton JV acquire Sydney office building

  • Comment - Chinese insurers find good luck, or good planning, in regulator's move on gold

  • IAG lets alts and shares slide well below target range, to 22% of shareholders' funds

  • Suncorp's 'manager alpha' declined again, modestly, by December

  • Chinese regulator launches gold investment pilot programme for 10 insurers

Outsourcing

  • Lloyd's rounds out enhanced liquidity fund range with EUR and GBP funds

  • Just Group completes £1.5m full scheme buy-in with Geoghegan pension scheme

  • Sumitomo Life outsources local PE investing to emerging management house

  • PGIM to manage assets for Dai-ichi Life subsidiaries

People

  • PGIM Real Estate appoints head of UK equity to lead both transaction and asset management teams

  • LGAH appoints COO as delivery of affordable homes expands

  • DWS appoints new head of Americas real estate specialists

  • PIC's CEO, Tracy Blackwell, to step down

Regulation

  • NAIC re-commits to modernising risk-based capital framework in 2025

  • Pension insurers invested £178bn in UK assets in 2023, ABI finds

  • Private credit not systemic risk, Fitch says, but needs close monitoring

  • Insurers now taking a more blended approach to public and private investing, Barings says

Systems/Data

  • Axa IM hails blockchain trials a success

  • Mapfre AM to unify investment process for public and private assets

  • Til tech do us part - are AI investments a love story for the ages?

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk North America awards