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Federal Reserve warns of heightened corporate credit risk
08 May 2019Fed’s Financial Stability Report reiterates risk of corporate bonds, loans and CLOs
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MetLife investment income drops 35% in first quarter
02 May 2019Weak private equity performance, yield curve inversion hits variable income result
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MetLife increases responsible investments to $52bn
23 April 2019Responsible assets make up 8% of total assets
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Macquarie buys Foresters’ $12.3bn asset management business
10 April 2019US life insurer to focus on core activities
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NAIC takes $3.2m investment hit in 2018
09 April 2019Alternative equity fund investments reduced by 70%
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SunLife cutting risk in preparation for downturn
05 April 2019Poor compensation for riskier assets in current market, says SunLife CIO Randy Brown
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Outgoing MetLife CEO says aggressive investors threaten whole market
03 April 2019Kandarian warns regulators to look at new insurance rivals
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Next recession to hit US insurers’ assets harder than 2008 crisis
02 April 2019The recession is coming in 2020, according to Guggenheim Investments and will be focused on the corporate bond sector. This, coupled with increased leverage and poorer liquidity, suggests the next downturn could be worse for US insurers than 2008. Sarfraz Thind reports
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CLO market "hysteria" overstated
22 March 2019Turning credit market risk high on American Council of Life Insurers conference agenda
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The BBB effect: apocalypse or opportunity?
12 March 2019US insurers are holding bigger volumes of BBB-rated corporate debt than at any time in the past. A turning credit cycle could tip significant amounts of these to junk. But while the headline figures look startling, is this really a precursor to the apocalypse or just another bad news story? Sarfraz Thind reports