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CIOs turn from managing investments to managing expectations
22 September 2020A panel of chief investment officers told the audience of Insurance Asset Risk's 2020 Americas event that their job coming out of the COVID-19 crisis will be as much about managing expectations of how much their investment portfolios can actually deliver, as it is about managing the investments themselves. Compiled by Stephanie Harris
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IAR Americas: the Fed will continue to act as vaccine until actual vaccine is found
22 September 2020Panellists praised the Fed's actions to maintain market stability
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IAR Americas: Rates unlikely to go negative in the USA but be prepared in case!
22 September 2020Panellists warn portfolios should be position for either increase or drop in interest rates
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COVID-19 second-wave biggest risk to USA economy
22 September 2020Lockdown fears and bankruptcy rise a massive threat, IAR Americas panelists say
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Even lower for longer scenario leaves insurers with slim pickings on the horizon
22 September 2020IAR Americas economist panel fear torturous grind for future insurance investment prospects
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Ultra-low interest rates a battering threat to USA insurers' business model
21 September 2020Insurers perhaps most "challenged institutional investors", says Cerulli
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Apollo jumps into impact investing with new Impact division
17 September 2020Hired Marc Becker and Joanna Reiss as co-leads
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Declining investment yields have become a consistent feature of USA insurer portfolios
17 September 2020COVID-19 asset impairments will "bend but not break" insurer credit quality, S&P says
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PGIM poaches AllianzGI's head of global ESG research
10 September 2020Unanyants-Jackson had been with the German asset manager since 2016
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US insurers' alternative assets escape COVID-19 downturn
08 September 2020Hedge funds, private equity and real estate assets present liquidity challenges, says NAIC