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  • Insurers to increase exposure to fund finance, Moody's says

    22 October 2024

    Ratings agency sees sublines market supply-demand imbalance as an opening for nontraditional lenders

  • APAC insurers taking materially higher asset risk then US peers, Moody's Ratings finds

    15 October 2024

    Ratings agency used its M'CT analytical tool to compare underwriters across regions

  • APAC weekly - The mixed prognosis for APAC insurers, private credit and outsourcing

    09 July 2024

    It seems patience will be a virtue, for asset managers wanting private credit mandates from APAC insurers

  • Moody's upgrades Hanwha Life for tackling negative spread in legacy book

    12 June 2024

    But agency warns about ongoing "elevated" asset risks with "sizeable exposure" to local project finance and foreign CRE

  • Insurers' private credit appetite grows, Moody's says

    05 June 2024

    Strong asset-liability management "essential" due to asset class's illiquidity

  • Moody's expects re-invigorated buying of private credit by lifers as rate-cuts loom

    16 May 2024

    Ratings agency presented thorough analysis of drivers of demand by lifers for illiquids/private assets globally

  • 'Silent run-off' occurring in German life market, says Moody's

    16 May 2024

    Backbook life deals denied and abandoned, have stolen the limelight recently

  • CFOs favour stable allocations as concerns over growth persist

    16 April 2024

    Insurers say holdings of illiquid assets unlikely to change in Moody's survey

  • Moody's concerned at local-government exposures among some Chinese insurers

    26 March 2024

    Credit conditions for local government funding vehicles are "under stress", ratings agency says

  • German backbook deals and run-offs - a €150bn asset industry since 2014

    01 February 2024

    Moody's examined 14 deals, completed, pending and scuttled