Archive

  • Shareholders like horse-racing bettors, Lord Myners says

    20 November 2018

    Short-termism plagues relationship between asset owners, asset managers and business leaders, the former UK Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury warned

  • Generali pension pot to boost AuM

    16 November 2018

    General Global Pension will provide added capital for asset managers to invest

  • Spiking default threat for US life insurers, says Moody’s

    16 November 2018

    Insurers who have stretched for yield without appropriate care will be found out

  • Asset management profit at NN Group falls by €2m

    15 November 2018

    Dutch insurer hit by lower fees for asset management in Q3 2018

  • External AuM down by £7.6bn at Prudential

    15 November 2018

    Loss of a single mandate leads M&G Prudential to net outflow of £5.6bn

  • IASB votes for IFRS 17 and 9 delay

    14 November 2018

    Insurers get more time to implement accounting standards

  • South Korean insurers look to alternative assets to improve returns

    14 November 2018

    Low interest rates have driven insurers to increase exposure to asset classes such as infrastructure real estate

  • Insurance Asset Risk's ranking of Top 20 UK insurers by bond and equity investments

    14 November 2018

    Small handful of UK insurers dominate the asset classes

  • IFRS 17 & 9 series: Drivers of profitability - underwriting vs investments

    14 November 2018

    In the first of a three-part series on the international financial reporting standards (Ifrs) impacting insurers’ financial reporting, Vincent Huck explores how the new accounting standards Ifrs 17 and 9 bind both sides of the balance sheet together.

  • Insurers’ investment risk-appetite revealed by Insurance Risk Data

    14 November 2018

    Industry seems torn between investing and underwriting, analysis finds