Archive

  • Sun Life CIO Brown comments on sustainability bond completion

    28 August 2019

    Bond has lowest coupon in Sun Life’s history

  • US life insurer investment income drops by 1.8% in H1

    27 August 2019

    Mortgage loan allocation up 44%, according to AM Best

  • Pimco invests in Danish mortgage bonds as rates turn negative

    27 August 2019

    Asset class is much favoured by insurers

  • Video: IAR Americas 2019, there is more to ALM than cashflows

    27 August 2019

    Todd Hedtke, CIO at Allianz Life North America, urges investment professionals to collaborate with colleagues on the insurance side of the business

  • French insurers continue push into unit-linked world

    23 August 2019

    But their net sales of investment products slowed appreciably in 2018

  • US P&C investments consistently beat underwriting income

    23 August 2019

    H1 investment income has beaten underwriting income by at least $20bn in each of the last six years, says AM Best

  • Bond markets in bubble, warns Guggenheim CIO

    23 August 2019

    Unceasing bond rally has “ominous implications,” says Guggenheim

  • CIO, CRO and CFO - a partnership where everyone has a role

    23 August 2019

    A panel at the IAR Americas conference in New York in September will explore where the risk tolerance of the CRO stops, and the risk appetite of the CIO starts

  • EM debt - worth a look in the latter stages of the credit cycle?

    22 August 2019

    A market downturn is deemed to have more impact on emerging markets (EM) than on developed economies. It poses the question whether EM debt is a smart investment at this stage of the credit cycle. Ian Coulman, chief investment officer at Pool Re, speaks with Vincent Huck on the topic.

  • NN Investment Partners integrates ESG for two - thirds of assets

    22 August 2019

    €176bn of assets screened against environmental, social and governance factors