Archive

  • European insurers' foray into Asian real estate

    17 December 2019

    David Walker explores the opportunities and challenges for insurers investing in real estate in the Far East.

  • ICR Conference: Measuring engagement outcomes

    04 December 2019

    Investors' engagement on ESG issues could be stronger, asset manager says

  • Widening spreads on Italian govvies – curse or opportunity?

    28 November 2019

    Volatilità was one of the hot topics of 2018, and while widening Italian government bond spreads stressed insurers solvency ratios, was there an investment opportunity to be made? Vincent Huck reports

  • NN Group CIO appointed to IIGCC board

    14 November 2019

    Allianz IM head of risk also appointed to climate change group board

  • Insurers should look beyond ETFs in passive investing, DWS says

    21 October 2019

    Asset manager makes a bet on customised passive mandates

  • Run-off portfolios prime candidates for long-term equity, says DWS

    04 October 2019

    More than 100 lines of non-life show signs of run-off, finds Insurance Risk Data

  • DWS appoints head of UK and Ireland insurance

    25 September 2019

    Newly created role to increase German firm’s presence in market

  • Will BBB come back to bite?

    17 September 2019

    Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports

  • Insurers get defensive in the face of Brexit fears

    29 August 2019

    In the three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union, the emotional pendulum has swung from hope to despair – regardless of where one stands on the issue – making fertile ground for comments. But what do the numbers say when looking at insurers' asset allocation in the years since the referendum? Vincent Huck reports.

  • Chinese insurance investor body forms international advisory committee

    29 May 2019

    Expert group to enhance internationalisation of China’s AM sector