Archive

  • Generali gives Conning CEO and chair keys to asset management empire

    19 April 2024

    Woody Bradford made CEO of Generali Investments Holding as part of new structure

  • Fitch Ratings predicts UK bulk annuity transaction volumes will pass £60bn in 2024

    18 April 2024

    After reaching highest ever levels of almost £50bn in 2023

  • Insurers' investments face risks in case of Israel-Iran conflict escalation, S&P says

    17 April 2024

    Agency believes foreign insurers' direct exposure to Israel via insurance and reinsurance to be "relatively immaterial"

  • Japan's CIOs have alternatives managers in their sights

    17 April 2024

    The Bank of Japan may have stolen the limelight last month, but insurance CIOs made headlines as well, with eye-catching allocations to non-mainstream assets and emerging managers

  • Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?

    12 April 2024

    With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's

  • Dai-ichi Life makes first sustainability-linked loans worth JPY 12bn

    10 April 2024

    Lifer plans more such lending "as a responsible institutional investor"

  • Conning CEO on Generali's acquisition and AI in asset management

    09 April 2024

    Woody Bradford says deal will support Generali's growth in US real estate and investment-grade credit assets

  • Aviva Investors to fund 121 new homes in South East England

    08 April 2024

    Deal completed using Aviva Investors' Real Estate Active Long Term Asset Fund

  • Lloyd's syndicate buys gold ETF, activist and global macro hedge funds in 2023

    05 April 2024

    Engaged with a new US investment consultant to bring new ideas to the table as part of risking-up process

  • Chart of the Week - Lloyd's syndicates and illiquid investments

    05 April 2024

    Analysis reveals which syndicates like 'Level 3' assets most...and how much Apollo's syndicates have