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  • The return of fixed income to continue in 2024, Generali Investments says

    22 December 2023

    Generali affiliate asset managers outline their outlook for assets in 2024

  • Global insurers ready to take investment risk again

    23 October 2020

    BlackRock study finds market volatility trumps geopolitics among risk concerns

  • Private markets: end of the credit cycle, start of a new era?

    04 June 2018

    Insurers have increasingly invested in private assets in recent years to counter the low yield environment. But as we enter the later stages of the credit cycle, questions are being raised on whether private assets were tactical short-term choices, or if insurers have fully embraced these asset classes. Vincent Huck reports

  • Insurers stashing cash amid low rates

    26 September 2016

    Blackrock survey shows half of insurers holding on for opportunistic investments

  • The steady rise of factor-based investing

    08 June 2016

    In expectation of lower future returns, many insurers are embracing the factor-based approach either as an investment philosophy or a tool in the investment process. Benedicte Gravrand reports

  • Axa tobacco exit symptomatic of growing ESG influence

    24 May 2016

    But 'sin' stocks have proven rewarding in tough economic times

  • Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

    16 February 2016

    Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

  • Insurers take on more investment risk as quantitative easing bites

    26 October 2015

    Industry falls out of love with infra debt and ramps up cash holdings

  • Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II

    23 September 2015

    As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains

  • Insurers tweak fixed-income approaches to be ready for rate rises

    20 August 2015

    There are still many ways to make money in fixed-income amid the uncertainty over when rates will start to tick up. Insurers are adopting varied approaches as they also get ready for the new constraints Solvency II will introduce in just over four months. David Turner reports