Archive

  • Bermudian insurers reveal $67bn outsourcing pot for Blackstone in 2023

    31 July 2024

    Corebridge and Resolution had transferred immense assets to the alternatives manager by last year

  • Manulife leads investment round in battery energy storage developer

    11 January 2024

    NineDot Energy raises $225m to fund project pipeline

  • Chart of the Week - What Apollo earns in fees for helping Bermuda CIOs (and, separately, ancient Greeks)

    15 December 2023

    Apollo Global Management is in a growing phalanx of asset experts coining it in, by originating investments for Bermudian re/insurers

  • Carlyle to net $50m fees from Fortitude Re advisory agreement

    31 March 2022

    Private equity firm raises $2.1bn for insurer, sets up Insurance Solutions Management group

  • Alternative asset manager-insurer tie-ups to grow

    04 June 2021

    Mergers offer insurers better alternative asset access but can also increase risk, says Fitch

  • The return of private equity

    24 May 2021

    Private equity has been cited as the hottest asset choice for US insurers for a while. This year it seems to be justifying the optimism. Returns have been stellar, but can the asset maintain its position as the alternative of choice? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Axa IMRA buys Italian logistics assets for €270m

    10 December 2020

    Takes European logistics portfolio to €2.2bn

  • Asset managers turn from outsourcing partners to owners of Bermuda re/insurers

    11 November 2020

    Research by Insurance Risk Data analyses the trend of part ownership of Bermudian re/insurers by asset managers, looking in particular at the investments of Wellington, Blackstone and Carlyle. David Walker reports

  • Carlyle reported to raise $330m for loan fund targeting Korea

    16 January 2020

    Revolvers fund said to have insurers in mind

  • Carlyle buys major stake in Fortitude Group from AIG

    26 November 2019

    Alternatives manager retains Fortitude’s outsourced investing