Archive

  • Onderlinge’s-Gravenhage invests €100m into ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

    25 September 2019

    Dutch insurer’s housing fund now counts 10 institutional clients

  • DWS appoints head of UK and Ireland insurance

    25 September 2019

    Newly created role to increase German firm’s presence in market

  • IAR Americas: Are we in an atypical credit cycle?

    25 September 2019

    At the Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2019 conference, four CIOs of insurance companies gave their views on taking smart risks. In the first of a two-part series, they discuss the nature of the current credit cycle and where they find relative value. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  • PRA pins down insurers on illiquid assets and liquidity risk management

    24 September 2019

    Firms that use derivatives and invest in income-producing real estate in the crosshairs

  • Axa IMRA buys hotel and office site in Japan

    24 September 2019

    ¥25bn development will be acquired from Yamaha

  • Aegon launches international division

    24 September 2019

    Asian and Southern and Eastern European to merge into Aegon International

  • Progressive hires new CIO

    24 September 2019

    Jonathan Bauer takes over William Cody who retires after a 17 years stint as CIO

  • Why asset managers may be missing a trick in European non-life sales

    23 September 2019

    Map of investment risk-taking by non-life firms suggests novel set-up for sales teams

  • European AuM more than doubles in 10 years

    23 September 2019

    Insurers make up 25% of institutional investors’ AuM, and use funds for 17% of the time

  • The cost of equity in insurers’ SCRs

    23 September 2019

    What is the correlation between equity holdings in investment portfolios and the weight of market risk in insurers’ solvency capital requirements? Daisy Blake, Insurance Risk Data quantitative research analyst, looks for answers in European non-life insurers’ filings.