Archive

  • Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'

    07 June 2024

    Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022

  • S&P welcomes increased scrutiny of funded reinsurance from PRA and BMA

    06 June 2024

    Warning recapture of ceded exposures could push some BPA writers into negative solvency ratios

  • PartnerRe alumni appointed as Sompo's new CIO

    06 June 2024

    Thomas Leone takes on the role

  • PRA releases final guidance for MA reform

    06 June 2024

    Clarifying definitions of 'highly predictable cash flows' and 'fixed cash flows'

  • A new dawn? Contemplating asset strategy anew, after the BOJ's seismic policy shift

    06 June 2024

    At a historic policy inflexion point in Japan - the Bank of Japan raising interest rates and relinquishing its long-held negative-rates stance - Man Group's Max Davies discusses interest rates, duration, FX hedging and CIOs' ongoing hunt for yield with David Walker

  • Japan's lifers widened positive investment spread 4% last reporting year

    06 June 2024

    Sector built on super-long JGB holdings to cut rates risk ahead of new rules

  • Insurers' private credit appetite grows, Moody's says

    05 June 2024

    Strong asset-liability management "essential" due to asset class's illiquidity

  • Canada Life completes buy-in deal worth £85m across two schemes

    05 June 2024

    Secures benefits of 189 pensioners

  • Phoenix Group plans new benchmarks for portfolio decarbonisation

    05 June 2024

    Following launch of Phoenix's net-zero transition plan last year

  • Axa IM Alts acquires Kyoto hotel for JPY 6.8bn

    05 June 2024

    As part of plans to expand its Japanese portfolio