Archive

  • Insurers must decide on controversial nuclear financing, Aviva says

    19 October 2021

    Phoenix calls for construction risk mitigation to attract blue-chip investors

  • Renewables' risk/return profile is a tricky balance for insurers

    08 June 2021

    Merchant risk noted as a large problem for the sector

  • Insurance investors draw a blank on net-zero

    03 June 2021

    Ask the technical experts not us, speakers at IAR's real assets conference say

  • ICR Conference: Measuring engagement outcomes

    04 December 2019

    Investors' engagement on ESG issues could be stronger, asset manager says

  • The 2017 investment agenda

    30 December 2016

    With 2016 drawing to a close, investors on behalf of insurers can look back on what was a particularly challenging year. They will be keen to steady the ship and step up investment performance in 2017. Asa Gibson reports

  • Insurers predict secondary market for matching adjustment assets

    20 October 2016

    But some fear regulators will be wary of systemic risks

  • Matching adjustment rules are tying asset managers in knots

    19 October 2016

    Investment managers need freedom to exercise skills, experts say

  • Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation

    20 January 2016

    Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports