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PRO BTP Group picks Moody’s Analytics modelling technology
05 October 2018Tool will be used for asset allocation
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Tripartite Template 4th version comes into effect
27 September 2018Template requires asset managers to indicate the statuses of infrastructure investments.
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Non-life sector turns to investing as underwriting falters
21 September 2018Analysis by Insurance Risk Data of combined ratios reveals reallocating is one of many 'levers' insurers can pull to bolster profits. David Walker reports
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Axa IM announces responsible investment structure
19 September 2018Move will see analysts embedded within platforms to manage company level analysis, freeing up central function to focus on longer term, strategic themes.
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Rendez-Vous de Septembre: Clouded optimism in uncertain times
19 September 2018The annual reinsurance meeting in Monte Carlo is a good barometer to measure the sector's health. This year, amid successfully managing last year's losses from natural disasters, reinsurers' indicators seem to be flashing 'green'. But uncertainty still looms like black clouds in the distance. Vincent Huck reports
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Insurers get a taste for investment risk
17 September 2018Readiness to take chances grows among insurance investors
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Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil
13 September 2018The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios
04 September 2018Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports
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UN-supported PRI launches free online climate tool
03 September 2018Analysing exposure to transition risk in equity and fixed income portfolios over multiple scenarios
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Risk management and optimizing investment strategies
23 August 2018Insurers want more alternative assets but struggle to evaluate the optimum risk/return portfolio