David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • AMP predicts fires will dent Australian GDP by 1%

    10 January 2020

    Affiliated manager emphasises importance of identifying stranded assets amid climate change

  • South Korean insurers in the low rates storm

    02 January 2020

    Some South Korean insurers are making 1% too little from their investments to cover their promises. David Walker reports on the investment challenges the industry faces, and how it is coping.

  • Australia's insurers to face climate stress tests in 2020

    30 December 2019

    Apra's move comes as country's underwriters already face real-world effects of global warming

  • Man from the Pru targets Asia for investment growth

    30 December 2019

    Region will be "preferred destination for capital" for UK group

  • UK top central banker: insurers not doing enough on climate change

    30 December 2019

    Mark Carney made warning to all institutional investors on combatting warming

  • Japan's insurers in small minority on stewardship code

    30 December 2019

    However affiliated managers are aplenty on signatory roster

  • Nissay AM to double assets after Nippon Life and Taiju Life deal

    27 December 2019

    Insurers plan transferring credit and alternatives

  • Amundi seals China joint venture

    27 December 2019

    Wealth management tie-up aids manager's China strategy, CEO says

  • Fitch predicts financing pressure for some borrowers as ESG precepts grow

    20 December 2019

    Ratings agency flags possible 'policy push' using EU taxonomy for sustainability

  • Folksam buys stake in local property developer

    19 December 2019

    Purchase helps spread risk further in portfolios