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Lloyd's syndicate makes 36% on hedge fund, and 27% from gold, in 2024
04 April 2025MAP also added, profitably, to gold and commodity ETFs
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Beazley Furlonge syndicate praises its best returns as funds and shareholdings grow
04 April 2025Hedge funds, credit and equities all played role in 5.1% rate of return in 2024
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Lloyd's rounds out enhanced liquidity fund range with EUR and GBP funds
19 February 2025Selects Insight Investment to manage
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Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests
17 July 2024Amid markets, and politicians delivering never-ending stressors of liquidity, insurers at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference discussed how their needs for and measurement of liquidity may have changed in recent years, and the reasons why
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Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets
08 May 2024Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?
12 April 2024With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's
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What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings
11 April 2024While liquid bonds dominate syndicates' general accounts, liquidity analysis reveals there is more to investment portfolios at Lloyd's
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Lloyd's syndicate buys gold ETF, activist and global macro hedge funds in 2023
05 April 2024Engaged with a new US investment consultant to bring new ideas to the table as part of risking-up process
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Beazley Furlonge syndicate posts best ever investment performance by some margin in 2023
05 April 2024Equities, focused on US markets and ESG, made over 25%, underwriter says