Archive

  • 'Hunt for yield' replaced with 'race for assets', Swiss Re Institute says

    14 June 2024

    Predicting 40% growth in industry investment income in key markets by 2027

  • Chart of the Week: Round the World - with Scandinavian/Nordic SFCRs

    14 June 2024

    Equities stormed on, but in other ways insurers' solvency filings revealed last year was "a mirror image of 2022"

  • AllianzGI appoints global CIO fixed income

    11 June 2024

    Michael Krautzberger to take on role overseeing €171bn of fixed income assets

  • Sustainability strategy should be asset holistic but circumstances call for pragmatism

    11 June 2024

    Audience at Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2024 conference hears

  • Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'

    07 June 2024

    Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022

  • Insurance Asset Risk Asia audience upbeat about global growth prospects

    05 June 2024

    Chinese economy casts shadow on future growth prospects while CIOs keep focused on good ALM in light of regulatory and accounting overhaul

  • Comment: 'Saving democracy' may be the next ESG investment frontier for CIOs

    05 June 2024

    Underwriters are defending democratic values in words and deeds, will CIOs follow suit?

  • German insurers reveal navigating "great difficulties" of property portfolios in 2023

    04 June 2024

    SFCRs also pointed to opportunities created by the ongoing real estate squeeze

  • French insurers renew climate fund mandate with Amundi and Sycomore AM for three years

    03 June 2024

    Following an interim review and strengthening of environmental criteria

  • MetLife seals $1.2bn PRT deal with Entergy

    03 June 2024

    Deal is one of the largest to close in the US market so far this year