15 May 2025

'Beyond bonds' - Lloyd's syndicates' taste for 'variable return' assets

Analysis

14 May 2025

Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

Michael Eakins gives funky interview to Insurance Asset Risk after receiving his second CIO of the year award
12 May 2025

Return of public market assets? Or does private still hold sway?

Delegates at Insurance Asset Risk's Real Assets conference 2025 in London heard panellists discuss the complex interplay and relative benefits of public and private assets in portfolio construction amidst the current global backdrop
08 May 2025

SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors

Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show
07 May 2025

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

News

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  • Investors face US dollar currency risk, AllianzGI says

    15 May 2025

  • M&G acquires residential scheme in the Netherlands

    15 May 2025

  • S&P Global estimates 30% net FX mismatch at Taiwan lifers

    15 May 2025

  • Balancing UK growth and returns for pensioners in the Mansion House Accord

    14 May 2025

  • Comment: Wise words for Lloyd's syndicates considering 'new pastures'

    14 May 2025

  • Invest in infrastructure to insulate portfolio from risk, DWS says

    14 May 2025

  • Axa IM adopts UK's SDR for three funds

    14 May 2025

  • Helvetia and Mercer team up on global infrastructure for Swiss pensions

    14 May 2025

  • Nuveen Real Estate completes £151m PBSA deal

    13 May 2025

  • Comment: Will the world's next Sage of Omaha come from...Beijing?

    13 May 2025

  • Raft of insurers sign new Mansion House Accord, but Scottish Widows demurs

    13 May 2025

  • APAC Weekly - NFRA head and other Chinese heavy-hitters vow to fight Trump's tariff war

    13 May 2025

  • NFRA pushes sci-tech as destination for insurance funds

    13 May 2025

  • Dai-Ichi to raise stake in Capula hedge fund to 15%

    12 May 2025

  • Lloyd's of London appoints Guillermo Donadini as CIO

    12 May 2025

  • Rothesay completes £120m full scheme buy-in with examination board

    12 May 2025

  • Rothesay North America CIO joins private real estate investment firm

    12 May 2025

  • Lower C-Ross capital charge will boost shareholdings, says Fitch

    12 May 2025

Market Insight

STS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios

The Simple, Transparent and Standardised asset-backed security (STS ABS) market can offer attractive potential risk-adjusted returns to complement an exposure to high-quality corporate and government bonds.

Infrastructure debt: The long game

A core asset class for insurance balance sheets throughout the economic cycle.

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Scottish Widows' head of RI on AI and AMs' voting records

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  • Investors are overlooking India, AllianzGI says

  • Comment: Strangers on a train...discuss CIO's appetite for farmland, and the Zu-burudabedda

  • Investors face US dollar currency risk, AllianzGI says

  • S&P Global estimates 30% net FX mismatch at Taiwan lifers

  • Comment: Will the world's next Sage of Omaha come from...Beijing?

  • APAC Weekly - NFRA head and other Chinese heavy-hitters vow to fight Trump's tariff war

  • NFRA pushes sci-tech as destination for insurance funds

  • Dai-Ichi to raise stake in Capula hedge fund to 15%

Outsourcing

  • Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

  • Sompo AM reshuffles senior roles from New York to London

  • Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

  • Schroders takes £2.1bn management mandate for Scottish Friendly

People

  • Raft of insurers sign new Mansion House Accord, but Scottish Widows demurs

  • Lloyd's of London appoints Guillermo Donadini as CIO

  • Rothesay North America CIO joins private real estate investment firm

  • Patrick Tiernan nets top job at Lloyd's

Regulation

  • Lower C-Ross capital charge will boost shareholdings, says Fitch

  • European insurers may see "breakout moment" in private credit, Moody's says

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  • Solvency UK and the matching adjustment in three easy pieces

Systems/Data

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