David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Generali boutique launches two infrastructure funds

    26 November 2020

    Parental €290m injection is about 10% of all Italian holdings in such funds

  • Italian insurers would suffer double the pain on private debt downgrades

    25 November 2020

    In ESRB extreme 'fallen angels' test, Italian insurers lose 13% of surplus assets

  • Helvetia buys into peer-to-peer insurance provider

    24 November 2020

    Swiss underwriter wants market intelligence about younger buyers, and P2P models

  • MS&AD vows to keep cutting strategic equity

    24 November 2020

    While Japanese rivals Orix Life and Sumitomo Life are adding to PE

  • Aviva Vita - a life not so dolce with BTP spreads

    23 November 2020

    Aviva plans selling the unit for €400m to Unicredit

  • Polluting companies banned from Chinese insurers' PE portfolios

    20 November 2020

    CBIRC spells out environmental blacklist for private equity portfolios

  • CIOs warned of 'high risk' on Australian properties as severe weather increases

    18 November 2020

    Mortgage-backed securities investments could reflect the risk, XDI says

  • Dai-ichi Life targets infra and alternatives investments

    17 November 2020

    Japanese insurer praises outsourcing for diversifying foreign shareholdings

  • Australian health firms taste more drastic falls in investment income

    17 November 2020

    Insurers lose 70% of investments by September despite doubling cash hoards

  • Asset managers turn from outsourcing partners to owners of Bermuda re/insurers

    11 November 2020

    Research by Insurance Risk Data analyses the trend of part ownership of Bermudian re/insurers by asset managers, looking in particular at the investments of Wellington, Blackstone and Carlyle. David Walker reports