Archive

  • Croatian currency SCRs vanished as country joined euro

    17 July 2023

    Some insurers took advantage of assured conversion rates to calculate a nil FX risk, SFCRs show

  • SunLife HK's CIO on IFRS, rate hikes, geopolitics, and exercising patience

    17 July 2023

    Shiuan Ting van Vuuren discusses why IFRS 17 & 9 implementation have been a challenging and ongoing journey, the impact of rising rates and increased geopolitical tensions, and why she is relaxed about regulatory changes. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Mirova calls out "significantly weakened" EU Nature Restoration Law

    14 July 2023

    Asset managers petition European Commission to take another look at softer ESRS

  • Dai-Ichi Life invests JPY 7bn in sustainable infrastructure fund

    14 July 2023

    Managed by IFM Investors and targeting energy and carbon capture facilities

  • Swiss Re revises interest rate peaks upwards

    14 July 2023

    By 25bps for both the Fed and BoE, while also expecting recessions to varying degrees across jurisdictions

  • Singapore regulator wants better-informed local investors to grow region's ILS market

    14 July 2023

    Better catastrophe data also necessary to help model and understand risks, says MAS

  • Chart of the week -what equity sectors cause, and get hit by, crises and contagion?

    14 July 2023

    Researchers in Brazil analyse US markets from sub-prime to the COVID-19, via the 'Trump-effect'. They tell David Walker which sectors fared worst as Donald Trump rose to power? Was the AIG bail-out 'worth it'? And when it comes to crisis, 'will markets ever learn'?

  • Bank loans one of the fastest growing assets for US insurers in 2022

    13 July 2023

    Insurer bank loans grew by 21% as industry looked to capitalise on soaring rates

  • Secret CIO: "From Hong Kong the spat between the US and China isn't fun!"

    13 July 2023

    How to position an investment portfolio to withstand geopolitical risk

  • AXA IM sees potential opportunities in EM sovereign debt

    13 July 2023

    Although credit remains the 2023 golden child, Marion Le Morhedec, global head of fixed-income, says