Archive

  • Argo makes a mint from sub-prime holdings in 2023

    19 August 2024

    A once-reviled asset class made 163% for the Bermudian last year

  • Ascot sees 167% leap in annual income as rates and assets rose in 2023

    19 August 2024

    Bermudian's 3.6% return on assets more than doubled 1.7% from 2022

  • Chart of the Week - Bermudian re/insurers go green, with help from outsourcing partners

    01 December 2023

    ESG and climate-aware investing are topics that unite otherwise diverse appetite of Bermuda's CIOs - or very soon will

  • Impax appoints Ross Pamphilon head of fixed income, listed investments

    25 October 2023

    Joins from Wells Fargo Asset Management

  • Africa Specialty Risks appoints CFO

    06 February 2023

    Ciaran O'Donnell takes over from Bryan Howett

  • Floating-rate notes from a small island

    08 December 2022

    Bermuda's re/insurers are concerned billions of dollars' worth of their floating-rate investments are facing uncertain times as the world weans itself, gradually, off Libor benchmarks. David Walker reports

  • IRC EMEA 2022 ESG stream round up

    01 December 2022

    Conference was held in London on 1 December

  • "The S and G in ESG are silent," ArgoGlobal's Alex Hindson says

    01 December 2022

    Investors should pay attention to the interactions between all three aspects, he adds

  • How to bury a hatchet - Argo reveals its 'peace-plan' details struck with Voce Capital

    28 November 2022

    In its latest annual financial statement, Argo Group revealed its managers were 'exploring all options' for the re/insurer's future, including M&A/sale. David Walker examines the background

  • The Big Reveal - insurers demand look-through...but reply in kind

    08 November 2022

    CIOs might require fund managers to 'show what they've got', to examine holdings and reduce various Solvency II capital charges - but increasingly transparency is working both ways, David Walker unearths