David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Italians ranked only eighth in EEA, for home bias in sovereign investing

    05 July 2024

    Spain and Sweden among nations with higher weighting in domestic debt, EIOPA finds

  • COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Benelux insurers praise outsourcing partners

    05 July 2024

    As Benelux CIOs generally got better news in 2023 and 2022, back-slapping for mandate managers seemed the order of the day

  • Sumitomo Life invests in good sleeping habits

    04 July 2024

    Japanese lifer is backing developer of wearable tech for healthy sleeping

  • About half Europe's insurers now hold private credit and debt, EIOPA finds

    04 July 2024

    Financial Stability Report sounds warning over risks, and alternatives allocations by industry

  • EIOPA warns against 'regulatory arbitrage' in captive cash pooling

    03 July 2024

    Authority issued a letter of opinion yesterday

  • Dutch lifer explains preference for smart beta in fixed income

    03 July 2024

    DELA Natura added a loan fund to its investment pot in 2023, its SFCR reveals

  • Europe's insurers prefer covering crypto-asset investors, to joining them

    03 July 2024

    EIOPA's mid-year Financial Stability Report reveals instruments CIOs use to get investment exposure

  • APAC weekly - Japanese insurers in full 'sorry mode', including for past investments

    02 July 2024

    From strategic investments to staff being arrested, it seems Japan's insurers can't stop apologising

  • Credit Agricole lifer sells down equities to meet surrenders in 2023

    02 July 2024

    Insurer's SFCR detailed life policy lapse volumes for first time last year

  • EIOPA reveals extent of property price hits in insurers' portfolios in 2023

    02 July 2024

    Financial Stability Report urges "close monitoring" of industry's CRE exposures