David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Axa completes sale of Architas UK for €100m

    04 November 2020

    Group's asset managers near €1bn revenue

  • Fitch downgrades Volkswohl Bund Leben on reinvestment yield

    03 November 2020

    Moody's hangs negative outlook on German life sector

  • Businesses need tax help, not QE, urges Mapfre economist

    02 November 2020

    Insurer's investments fell 4% to September

  • Ivass data reveals modest drop in BTP exposure

    02 November 2020

    Insurers shifted to funds in year to June

  • When size matters - how general account volume affects CIOs' investment patterns

    30 October 2020

    New investment research segments Europe's insurers by the size of their general accounts

  • German insurer concedes core holdings 'no longer up to the job' with low rates

    29 October 2020

    Outsourcing report explains the Neue Bayerische Beamten's shift into alternatives

  • Mid-sized French insurers take their general accounts off-piste

    28 October 2020

    A research report by Insurance Risk Data reveals how chief investment officers at smaller French insurers are hungry for more than just French govvies. David Walker reports

  • Breadth of investment outsourcing in UK revealed

    28 October 2020

    UK insurers use more than 100 different investment managers

  • Global insurers ready to take investment risk again

    23 October 2020

    BlackRock study finds market volatility trumps geopolitics among risk concerns

  • Insurers are actually 55% investors, EIOPA data shows

    22 October 2020

    Data reveal 5.5% investment in mining and quarrying