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Economic pain to come, Swiss Re economists warn
28 November 2023As lagging impact of higher interest rates hits
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Swiss Re revises Treasuries 10y yields forecast up to 4.7%
15 November 2023Sees regions' monetary policies and economic growth paths diverging
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Inflation and rates volatility biggest challenge for insurers' revenue growth
14 November 2023WTW poll finds 25% of insurers consider inflation and interest rate volatility their biggest 2024 concerns
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Opportunities exist in CRE - even if offices face a GFC-style crisis
13 November 2023Panellists at the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference discuss the current environment in CRE, and the inevitable crisis faced by the office sector
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Japanese insurers look set to hold out for higher JGB yields
08 November 2023Expectations of monetary policy normalisation mean insurers to gradually rotate back to JGBs, says Swiss Re Institute
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Insurers in good position to weather economic headwinds, Swiss Re Institute says
06 October 2023Recession a more adverse scenario than stagflation for insurers' investments
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IAR Americas: Home working inflicting pain on office owners similar to financial crisis
27 September 2023Habits may be starting to change though
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"The Fed's medicine is working"
18 September 2023Ahead of his intervention at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference, Thomas Holzheu, chief economist Americas, deputy head of group economic research and strategy at Swiss Re, discusses the macro-economic and geopolitical outlook.
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CIOs to fasten seatbelts for bumpy landing as Fed spots runway
13 September 2023"The Fed won't hike rates next week," former president of Kansas City Fed predicts. While asset owners are at odds on the likelihood of a recession and asset managers brace themselves for what will not be a "piece of (cheese)cake"
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Swiss Re's Zbinden named head of investment strategy & allocation
11 September 2023Insurance Asset Risk has learnt