Archive

  • Bond lending boosted by low yield environment

    24 February 2020

    While bond lending may not provide huge amounts of returns, in the current low yield environment that little extra could come in handy for insurers. David Turner reports

  • How insurers can make the most of their liquid assets

    07 June 2018

    Christelle Ybanez explains why cash doesn't have to be the problem child, and how insurers can generate extra income from their liquid assets without increasing their investment risk

  • BNP Paribas extends mandate with Italian bancassurance firm

    06 November 2017

    Eurovita is an existing custody client of BNP Paribas

  • State Street offers machine learning to interpret investment research

    22 September 2017
  • The Solvency II mandate race

    29 March 2017

    Solvency II has turbo-boosted the move to insurance asset outsourcing. Asset managers are beefing up their capabilities to win market share—but what can you do to make yourself stand out from the crowd? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The machine learning revolution

    24 February 2017

    Machine learning is seen as the next stage of evolution in the asset management world. While still in its infancy, asset managers are examining how to use machines in everything from investment making to operational efficiency. So will it really change the way that insurers invest? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • The 2017 investment agenda

    30 December 2016

    With 2016 drawing to a close, investors on behalf of insurers can look back on what was a particularly challenging year. They will be keen to steady the ship and step up investment performance in 2017. Asa Gibson reports

  • Raising the stakes in fund management

    07 December 2016

    Insurer-affiliated managers are punching above their weight in a competitive market, taking more than one-third of all fund managers' new business in the first three quarters. David Walker examines the evolving relationship between insurer-parents, affiliates and independent managers.

  • BNP Paribas wins custody mandate from Finnish insurer

    09 February 2016

    Provides services for Sampo's €25bn of insurance assets

  • Nearly half of insurers use external providers for risk analytics

    14 May 2015

    Risk management is major challenge, BNP Paribas survey finds