Archive

  • COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Benelux insurers praise outsourcing partners

    05 July 2024

    As Benelux CIOs generally got better news in 2023 and 2022, back-slapping for mandate managers seemed the order of the day

  • One-off events support US P/C sector's net and operating income growth in Q1

    25 June 2024

    Net income increased 373.4%, due in part to National Indemnity Company's $14bn of realised gains from sale of Apple Inc stock

  • CDPQ backs tech-investor AppDirect to the tune of $100m

    11 January 2024

    B2B service offers technology investment and advice

  • How German CIOs are doing well, in 'doing good'

    21 December 2022

    Germany's CIOs are a fairly heterogeneous group, but one thing - or actually three - fairly unites them these days: E, and S, and G. And the theme stretches from Allianz, almost all the way 'down' to the smallest GA-minnow the country has to offer. David Walker reports

  • Dutch insurer reviews equity risk shock for BlackRock ESG fund

    12 October 2022

    Use of index fund shows growth in reasons, beyond costs, insurance CIOs use ETFs

  • Chart of the Week - An open letter to Larry Fink

    07 October 2022

    Insurance Risk Data (and BlackRock) reveal reasons insurance CIOs use ETFs

  • Dutch insurer outsources subordinated loan investing via SME fund

    15 September 2022

    Gravenhage also introduced an LDI mandate, in 2021

  • Low SII mortgage capital charge leads BNP Paribas AM to buy Dutch rival

    16 September 2021

    M&A comes amid growing CIO interest in Dutch mortgages

  • FAANG, tech and old school

    23 August 2021

    Who cashed in on FAANG stocks?

  • Chart: Swiss insurers' 2019 investments

    11 September 2020

    24% real estate weighting, source of concern for the regulator