David Walker

• Baloise acquires Swiss real-estate firm

  06 January 2017

  Pax Anlage chosen for attractive returns amid negative interest rates

• Israeli government said to oppose Chinese insurance acquisitions

  06 January 2017

  Lack of investment track record cited

• How to win mandates and influence asset allocation

  04 January 2017

  As the largest institutional investors in Europe, insurers represent a major market for asset managers, but they also bring Solvency II-shaped baggage. In this Q&A, Erik Vynckier breaks down the building blocks to winning the custom of European insurers

  

• Japanese regulator reveals signatories to local investment code

  29 December 2016

  Insurers still lag pensions as asset owner adherents

• Mitsui Sumitomo pulls out of Sinatay Life

  28 December 2016

  Japanese insurer said to be at odds with Sinatay's real estate investment plans

  

• China regulator to tighten equity investment rules

  23 December 2016

  CIRC move follows bans for some fast-trading insurers

• German insurers grew investments by 4% in 2015

  20 December 2016

  BaFin data shows investment funds the big winners

• Dutch mortgages a €100bn opportunity for insurance sector

  14 December 2016

  Industry will need more non-core investments to boost returns, regulator says

• Invesco targets insurer needs with hire from JPMAM

  12 December 2016

  Managers must be partners to underwriters, Invesco says

• Allianz subsidiaries jump at private market fixed income

  09 December 2016

  Two tie-ups in a week for Pimco and AllianzGI, as private credit offers "super-secular opportunity"