Archive

  • Comment - How to find the alpha to omega of who runs investments at Chinese insurers

    26 March 2024

    From stress test parameters to investment team names, C-Ross rules seem to be creating extraordinary transparency

  • Tokio Marine affiliated manager foresees 10-year JGB yields at 1.5%

    26 March 2024

    TMAM expects "at least one" more interest rate hike in 2024

  • IRDAI announces massive cut in volume of insurance rules, including for investments

    26 March 2024

    Announcement came as part of a "comprehensive review of the regulatory framework"

  • IAR Real Assets conference: "Solvency II UK reform is not a free lunch"

    25 March 2024

    Insurers at the Insurance Asset Risk Real Asset 2024 conference hear what the regulator may "give them from one hand, and take away from the other" in reforming 'Solvency UK'

  • EU Solvency II reforms and a return to low rates could make a sour mix for insurers' solvency ratios, Moody's says

    22 March 2024

    Ratings agency says reforms more reflective of insurers' risks

  • Chart of the Week: Why Rome should relax its 5% cap on loans and mortgage exposures for insurers

    15 March 2024

    Researcher Agostino Tripodi finds some sub-optimal GA allocation going on, in shadow of local-law limits on L&M holdings

  • South Korean insurers called upon to end 'Korea discount'

    15 March 2024

    Update to stewardship code also discussed

  • IAR Real Assets: Insurers positive on SII UK reforms' ability to unlock investment opportunities

    14 March 2024

    62% of conference attendees strongly agree or agree changes will open up investments

  • Runway in sight for a 'Goldilocks' soft landing for US economy, insurers believe

    13 March 2024

    US insurers and their asset managers are hopeful a recession has been avoided, and though "landmines" persist, even areas suffering negative headlines such as real estate should deliver opportunities

  • 98% of insurer investment professionals concerned about greenwashing, Ortec Finance survey finds

    12 March 2024

    11% feel their own company's ESG strategies and programmes are "very ineffective"