Archive

  • Fossil remains - why coal, oil and gas are still insurers' 'dirty little secret'

    19 May 2022

    Whisper it quietly, but old energy investments may have been a dividend-godsend to many CIOs starved of yield elsewhere, David Walker discovers

  • Allianz GI shuts shop in US after "massive fraudulent scheme"

    17 May 2022

    Asset manager transfers $120bn of assets to Voya IM, pays $6bn after Structured Alpha guilty plea

  • Allianz acquires Parisian mixed-use asset

    16 May 2022

    The asset is "highly resilient to market volatility," with the potential for attractive long-term yield

  • Resolution Life appoints group CIO

    16 May 2022

    Karl Happe joins from AllianzGI

  • Investing "definitely at an inflexion point", says Allianz's Terzariol

    13 May 2022

    CFO dubs it "the end of the narrative" on low rates as reinvestment yields rose in Q1

  • Allianz enjoys uplift in reinvestment yields as rates finally drift upwards

    12 May 2022

    Operating profits grew 11% for asset management, year on year

  • Allianz books €1.9bn provision for Structured Alpha in Q1

    11 May 2022

    Group estimates this will cover remaining costs linked to hedge funds

  • "What if Putin blocks gas supply?" ask chief economists of Swiss Re, Munich Re and Allianz

    11 May 2022

    Every parameter of Germany's business model stands under "immense pressure" as gas threat raised

  • Comment - The Devil, insurers and coal, and the Deep Blue Sea

    10 May 2022

    With governments letting them down, insurers face no easy choices in their ability to tackle climate change

  • LV unit books impairment on EMD in Q1

    10 May 2022

    Allianz's insurer says Russian/Ukraine exposure "limited"