David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Moody’s warns Apollo about shifting Aspen’s investments

    29 August 2018

    Caution comes even though Aspen UK holds only 5% in shares

  • Selling investments pushes German life firms into safe territory...just

    24 August 2018

    More than one in every five euros of return comes from selling assets

  • Munich Re and Guggenheim deal talks fall flat

    24 August 2018

    German insurer was to buy stake in asset manager or US financial conglomerate

  • Austria: Eastern Promise Beckons for Asset Managers

    23 August 2018

    Austrians' expanding businesses in eastern Europe, a commitment to ESG and their suffering at the hands of miserable debt yields, makes the country a market worth investigating in. David Walker reports.

  • Allianz doubly affected by Italian bridge collapse

    22 August 2018

    Investment formed part of Allianz’s infrastructure push

  • Low-yield environment increases insurers appetite for illiquid assets

    22 August 2018

    Corporate bonds remain most popular investment for non-life insurers

  • Insurers hear train coming

    16 August 2018

    Europe's liberalisation move in the rail sector provides ample promises of returns for institutional investors such as insurers. Despite tailwinds from the legislators and regulators, investors still have to manage the complexity of such deals as well as the risks they incur to ultimately be on the right track. David Walker reports

  • Regulatory change to cash reserve rule relieves gains pressure on Talanx

    13 August 2018

    German insurer cuts profit-taking, and ZZR contribution by 69%, ahead of expected law change

  • Allianz managers just shy of €2tr of assets at mid-year

    03 August 2018

    But Pimco and Allianz Global Investors hit peak volumes nonetheless

  • Half year results round up: 02 August

    02 August 2018

    Generali, Aviva Investors, RSA Group, MetLife, Prudential Financial, Direct Line, Axa