David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Private equity and property drive Hannover Re first half returns

    10 August 2017

    But CFO cautions against expecting private equity returns to be repeated

  • Danish insurers' investments attract regulator's attention

    09 August 2017

    Sector's exposure to mortgages rose as watchdog considered consultation

  • Beijing to tighten foreign investment controls at state-owned insurers

    03 August 2017

    Authorities concerned by "irrational" foreign investments stemming from lack of accountability

  • RSA suffers 9% slide in investment income

    02 August 2017

    First half results show a reinvestment yield of 1.6%

  • Lancashire Holdings highlights hedge funds as driver of investment returns

    27 July 2017

    UK insurer says equities also contributed to first-half gains

  • Insurers pile into French fintech fund

    26 July 2017

    Swiss Life, Groupama, SocGen, Natixis and Vaudoise commit to new fund targeting insurtech and regtech

  • 'You never asked!' – asset managers respond to look-through data criticism

    25 July 2017

    Practitioners in the asset management sector have hit back against the notion that they failed to deliver on asset reporting data

  • Insurers blame asset managers for insufficient look-through

    21 July 2017

    European insurers pass the buck onto asset managers for lack of reporting data, but Eiopa pursues a hard line with underwriters facing difficulty getting hands on investment data. David Walker reports

  • 'How do I report my Deutschmark bonds?': Eiopa publishes Pillar III queries

    20 July 2017

    Investments prove to be the single most challenging aspect of Pillar III reporting

  • Risk margin hampers insurers investing for social good, says ABI

    17 July 2017

    Association argues Solvency II measure deters life underwriters from long-term investments