David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Private credit, insurance now make up over half Blackstone, Apollo, KKR and Carlyle portfolio, says Moody's

    22 January 2025

    A decade ago, these classes were just one-third of those alternative managers' businesses

  • Apcia calls for cat bond issue, to "recapitalise and stabilise" FAIR Plan

    22 January 2025

    California's lawmakers introduced legislation on 9 January to let FAIR Plan use bond issue proceeds

  • Man Group warns of challenges ahead for asset-intensive reinsurance

    21 January 2025

    As spreads in fixed income markets tighten

  • Generali and BPCE announce world's largest insurance asset management platform

    21 January 2025

    Insurers' respective multi-affiliate platforms would be combined in €1.9trn asset manager

  • APAC Weekly - APAC's public natcat reinsurers watch California (tie itself in knots)

    21 January 2025

    State's lawmakers may have shot their state in the foot with well-meaning rules to shore up insurance

  • Comment: Unusual US bond issuer plans birth by fire

    20 January 2025

    LA fires are spurring innovative thinking about how to cover Californian homeowners

  • Sumitomo Life outsources for local PE/buyout exposure growth

    20 January 2025

    Japanese lifer positions fund purchase as boost for emerging managers

  • Californian lawmakers open possibility for bond issues to cover FAIR Plan claims

    20 January 2025

    State-established insurer of last resort faces significant bill from LA fires

  • Tokio Marine AM holds out hope for cure to cancer

    17 January 2025

    Fund invests in research via underlying Candriam product

  • NFRA reminds China's insurers about options for allocating to local property

    17 January 2025

    Authorities are co-ordinating on more market stability for investors and lenders alike