Archive

  • Nuveen launches $170m global credit impact strategy

    14 October 2024

    With investments from TIAA and Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring

  • Northern exposure - equities bestow mixed blessings on Nordic/Scandinavian insurers in 2022

    15 May 2023

    Markets may have dived as rates, geopolitical tension and inflation rocketed, but Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' faith in equities was not always misplaced. David Walker reports

  • Case study: Gjensidige applies basic economics to net-zero

    01 February 2023

    Norwegian insurer Gjensidige has been running an experimental portfolio attempting to reach carbon price neutrality. Their former CIO, now chairman of Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring, and one of their investment analysts discuss the initial findings. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • 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

  • Gjensidige considers selling part-stake in property manager

    27 October 2021

    Norwegian outsources real estate investing to Oslo Areal and property funds

  • IAR EMEA: Central bank intervention - a necessary evil?

    18 October 2021

    'Necessary but not for everyone, and beware the addiction' panellists warn

  • Gjensidige suffers NOK 382m H1 investment hit, despite overall positive result

    14 July 2020

    Largest losses came from high yield bonds and equity funds

  • Insurers report $8.7bn investment losses in COVID-19 infected Q1

    04 May 2020

    Reported damage still coming as many European, US insurers expected to report this month

  • Gjensidige investment returns suffer NOK 1.5bn hit in Q1

    22 April 2020

    Worst quarterly loss in decade as private and public equities slump

  • Shareholders brace for dividend cuts that gave them €25.5bn last year

    07 April 2020

    Europe's most generous payers mainly vow to honour stated payout plans