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  • Michele Gaffo to leave DWS

    05 May 2021

    Former Poste Vita CIO joins private credit specialist HPS Investment Partners

  • Widening spreads on Italian govvies – curse or opportunity?

    28 November 2019

    Volatilità was one of the hot topics of 2018, and while widening Italian government bond spreads stressed insurers solvency ratios, was there an investment opportunity to be made? Vincent Huck reports

  • Asian insurance AuM gold rush

    05 March 2019

    Regulatory changes in Asia combined with challenging local market conditions are teasing Asian insurers’ interest in diversifying their investments abroad, this could be a gold rush for Western asset managers. Vincent Huck reports

  • Italian insurers' path to diversification

    02 October 2018

    Industry veteran Michele Gaffo, formerly the CIO of Allianz Italia and Poste Vita now at asset management firm DWS, tells David Walker how Italian reinsurers are reacting to the latest spike in volatility and getting ready for the next one.

  • Deutsche AM hires global head of insurance

    13 December 2017

    Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) has appointed industry veteran Michele Gaffo as its global head of insurance coverage.