Archive

  • Fitch goes negative on Japanese insurers' foreign bond buying

    12 December 2014

    Currency and ALM risk increasing

  • Guardian hires Allstate, JP Morgan execs

    12 December 2014

    Doug Dupont and Doug Niemann to manage investments

  • Dutch insurers ramp up sovereign debt holdings

    11 December 2014

    Now represents 40% of portfolios

  • Lloyd's appoints finance director

    11 December 2014

    John Parry takes over from Luke Savage

  • Watch out for volatility in 2015

    11 December 2014

    BlackRock warns of divergence between financial markets and economies

  • Fathoming out inflation hedges

    10 December 2014

    The UK has set out a scenario for economic development that could lead to insurers and pension funds taking on a huge amount of inflation risk. Christopher Cundy reports

  • US lifers uneasy about increasing BBB-bond holdings

    10 December 2014

    Firms to turn to alternative assets

  • ING IM hires Avoca's convertible bond duo

    09 December 2014

    Tarek Saber and Jasper Van Ingen recruited

  • New York Life Investment Management to buy IndexIQ

    05 December 2014

    NYLIM aims to dominate non-traditional ETFs

  • EU insurers search for liquidity in US bond markets

    04 December 2014

    A paucity of appropriate assets is leading European insurers to other markets. But what are the risks in terms of hedging and eligibility for the matching adjustment? Christopher Cundy reports