Archive

  • DWS appoints Paolo Gazzola as head of insurance advisory for EMEA

    23 November 2023

    Gazzola joins from JP Morgan Asset Management

  • Research: Transitioning insurers' portfolios

    09 February 2023

    Insurance Asset Risk in partnership with JPMAM launch research report

  • Michele Gaffo to leave DWS

    05 May 2021

    Former Poste Vita CIO joins private credit specialist HPS Investment Partners

  • Wellington wins PIC's £700m US muni bond mandate

    18 November 2020

    Manager's climate risk expertise key consideration for mandate win, insurer says

  • Covid-19 Crisis: Assessing the impact of market volatility on European insurers

    With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic putting the insurance sector under further stress, we estimate the impact of recent market movements on European solvency ratios across life and non-life companies.

  • Pimco hires former JP Morgan AM country head to lead its Swiss offering

    29 April 2019

    Patrick Beuret joins Allianz-owned asset manager to grow Swiss business

  • IFRS 17 & 9 series: a fork in the road

    29 November 2018

    In the final part of this series on the impact of the international financial reporting standards (Ifrs) on insurers' financial reporting, Vincent Huck looks at the potential impact of the standards on risk appetite, and why insurers want to postpone implementing them.

  • Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?

    04 June 2018

    Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports

  • Israeli insurer buys $300m convertible bond in US real estate investment trust

    09 January 2018

    Clal Insurance Enterprises has bought a $300m convertible bond from Carr Properties

  • A look back and forward

    27 December 2017

    The current year was relatively benign for the insurance investment industry. But 2018 holds new challenges. What risks and what opportunities should investors be looking at in the coming year? Sarfraz Thind reports