David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • IMF calls for compulsory holdings of liquid investments amid rising risk

    17 October 2019

    Fund points to risk of cross-border contagion as life insurers seek better yields in foreign investments

  • Axa Equitable Life seeds AllianceBernstein’s loan business

    15 October 2019

    The syndicated loan and CLO venture expands on the relationship between AB and Axa Equitable Holdings

  • Länsförsäkringar warns non-European managers to raise their game on ESG

    15 October 2019

    Swedish mutual has fired managers unprepared to apply its exclusion criteria

  • Länsförsäkringar introduces transition criteria to coal divestment policy

    14 October 2019

    Swedish insurer hopes to encourage corporates on a sustainable pathway

  • Deutsche Rück and VöV Rück add names to UN PRI

    11 October 2019

    Total insurance assets held by German signatories to the UN PRI are close to €800bn

  • Generali not talking M&A with us, says GAM

    08 October 2019

    Swiss fund denies being target for splurging Italian insurer

  • Run-off portfolios prime candidates for long-term equity, says DWS

    04 October 2019

    More than 100 lines of non-life show signs of run-off, finds Insurance Risk Data

  • European insurers' various approaches to ESG investing

    03 October 2019

    Insurance Risk Data highlights what strategies are being adopted by different players

  • Europe's affiliates occupy half of top places for fund-based assets

    02 October 2019

    Affiliates' €2.2trn in funds is now nearly one third of total fund assets managed in Europe

  • Eiopa draws a blank on Solvency II risk charges for climate change

    01 October 2019

    But warns industry to take account of climate risk in investments and valuation