David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Conning, Schroders and BlueBay among managers helping Lloyd's syndicates profit in 2019

    07 September 2020

    Analysis reveals where insuring made losses, but syndicates still posted profits

  • AIG Lloyd's syndicate reveals private investments

    04 September 2020

    Syndicate reported 34% growth in private debt LPs during 2019

  • Graph: domestic bias in EEA insurers' commercial property holdings

    04 September 2020

    A question mark hangs over the future of insurers' office holdings

  • Investments pull Länsförsäkringar Alliance into red in H1

    03 September 2020

    Group trumpets SEK 1.2bn of social bond investments this year

  • Vaudoise investment profits fall despite tactical trading on credit and hedges in H1

    03 September 2020

    Swiss group maintains strategic preference for fixed income and property

  • It was all 'keep calm and carry on' for insurers in H1, GSAM's Comon says

    01 September 2020

    If insurers were ever characterised as slow to move and tardy to change, Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of insurance for EMEA Etienne Comon has another perspective. He talks to David Walker about the challenges insurers faced in H1 2020 and how their speedy reaction has aided resilience.

  • Great Wall Asset Management eyes renewed promise in non-performing assets

    01 September 2020

    China Re's manager says distressed debt opportunities had weakened in pandemic

  • Generali linked to New China Life investment portfolio

    28 August 2020

    Italian's Chinese asset manager named in relation to insurer's non-standard investment portfolio

  • Chubb's Lloyd's syndicate reveals details on private equity outsourcing to Oakhill

    28 August 2020

    Widened portfolio scope for alternatives from 20% to 30% and doubled investment

  • Investments versus underwriting at Lloyd's

    26 August 2020

    Is the asset side of the balance sheet saving the day?