Archive

  • US insurers increasingly relying on ETFs

    21 March 2022

    Thanks to lighter regulatory treatment

  • Change in US accounting rule increase ETFs attractiveness for insurers

    27 July 2018

    Report by Cerulli Associates advices ETF issuers to target insurance general accounts

  • Asset managers serving DB pensions have skills for life firms

    02 February 2018

    Frankfurter-Leben Gruppe among German insurers buying up pension investment assets

  • US insurers not into short-term relationships with asset managers, research finds

    31 January 2018

    Insurance managers win seven net new clients on average a year

  • Can covered bonds stage a comeback?

    29 June 2016

    Covered bonds have traditionally been a favourite asset for insurers and are treated sympathetically under Solvency II, but they have fallen from grace as low yields bite into the asset class. Sarfraz Thind reports on prospects for a revival

  • Shift towards unit-linked products is an opportunity for asset managers

    12 April 2016

    As European insurers move away from guaranteed products and towards unit-linked and hybrids, there is space for asset managers to step in, according to Cerulli Associates. Benedicte Gravrand reports

  • Packaged portfolios beat advisor-driven ones

    08 June 2015

    Advisors spend only 17% of time on investment management, Cerulli says

  • Professionally managed assets in US rise 11%

    07 November 2014

    Cerulli estimates total at $36.8trn in 2013

  • Insurance asset outsourcing to increase in next five years

    20 August 2014

    Specialised fund managers sought after, says Cerulli

  • Asset managers profit from creating customised insurance strategies

    23 July 2014

    Insurers looking for non-correlated alternatives, says Cerulli