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German covered bonds stand strong in face of COVID-19, S&P says
22 July 2020Bonds withstood modelled scenarios involving up to 20% house-price falls
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Global downgrade potential hits all-time high
28 May 2020Tally surpasses mark set in 2009 subprime crisis, says S&P
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Solvency II ratios could tumble by 70pp in 2020 review
14 January 2020S&P analyses Eiopa's proposals in the upcoming review
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Talanx uses wrapped project bonds to finance Spanish solar parks
20 June 2019Bond and project are investment grade
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Climate change increases cost of debt for developing countries
17 July 2018The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
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ETFs for sale
26 January 2018Insurers have been investing in exchange-traded funds (ETF) for some time. But issuing ETFs is a new phenomenon. This idea is currently taking hold in the US and it seems likely to continue to grow as the ETF market expands. So what are the benefits? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Dai-ichi buys $50m Feed Africa Bond
02 November 2016African Development Bank issues 10-year, AAA-rated bonds
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Getting the measure of credit downgrade risk
21 September 2016Investors are questioning the impact of credit downgrades on insurers' Solvency II balance sheets. Hugo Coelho investigates how firms are gauging this risk and why they resist putting a figure on it.
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Reinsurers in the hunt for BBB-bonds
23 August 2016Yield-hungry investors move down the credit curve, but stay within investment grade – S&P
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L&G reduced asset risk in run up to referendum
28 June 2016Solvency ratio falls to 156% from 169% at end-2015