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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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Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference round up
16 October 2023The conference was held in London on 16 October and highlighted the challenges and dilemmas insurers face in building and implementing sustainable investment strategies
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IAR RI: Insurers shouldn't fear to make a start on biodiversity investing, Zurich says
16 October 2023Returns on investments and doing good in nature no longer mutually exclusive
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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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Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference round up
26 September 2023The conference was held in New York on 26 September and highlighted key opportunities in private markets as well as challenges in the regulatory space
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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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Zurich asserts faith in office real estate despite challenges
04 September 2023Mid-year real estate outlook says offices will comprise smaller part of portfolios in future but will remain integral component
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Are we there yet?
21 August 2023Central bank base rates continue to climb to decades-long highs over the summer, leaving market participants in a blur as to how far away the peak is
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Zurich Hong Kong's GA - a ship nearly on autopilot
12 July 2023Philipp Furrer, chief investment officer for Hong Kong and Singapore at Zurich, reveals why he sleeps very well at night. Interview by Vincent Huck