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  • Comment - Enter the dragon? Will Hong Kong's CIOs be persuaded, or compelled, to invest in China?

    28 December 2021

    Hong Kong's insurers must meet claims/promises, but are being told they should support the Mainland's economy, too

  • CIO Interview: Allianz US' Todd Hedtke

    27 December 2021

    Todd Hedtke, chief investment officer at Allianz US, reflects on 2021, a year marked by "very significant changes". Interview by Abbie Wood

  • EEA's insurers' bond appetite revealed

    27 December 2021

    French CIOs love bonds, Northern Europeans prefer corporates and eastern Europeans like govvies

  • Chart of the week - CIOs rush to 'junk', but Gordon Gekko is nowehere to be seen...

    24 December 2021

    A hunt for junk by insurers worldwide is more about honouring promises, than being greedy

  • Mainland China is Hong Kong's green finance future, investors say

    23 December 2021

    Insurance conference hears HK has "natural advantage" to help Beijing achieve net zero

  • Mainland China turns Hong Kong insurers green - with desire

    22 December 2021

    As the world's second-largest economy pledges to become net-zero by 2060, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority's annual conference heard $1trn of green investing opportunities lie just across the border. David Walker reports

  • CRE continues to be UK and Dutch insurers' domain

    22 December 2021

    Together, they hold nearly half of all CRE held by EEA insurers

  • NYDFS capital change opens door to greater insurer ETF use

    21 December 2021

    New legislation gives bond ETFs the same capital treatment as fixed income

  • Share of French insurers' GA investments erodes further

    21 December 2021

    Accounting for less than 25% of total in Europe, from 38% three years ago

  • US insurer derivatives holdings soar 45% in five years

    20 December 2021

    Annuity issuers increased derivatives use to hedge against volatility and low rates