David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • German watchdog gets tough over 'closet-tracker' funds

    06 April 2017

    New prospectus rules designed to help insurers identify true active management

  • Baloise hires two property experts from independent asset managers

    06 April 2017

    Appointments to help Swiss insurer expand sales of investment products

  • 'Trump effect' and alternatives boost 2016 returns for Lloyd's syndicates

    06 April 2017

    Illiquid credit, equities and hedge funds favoured by some at the expense of sovereign exposure

  • Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates

    05 April 2017

    Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.

  • Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates

    03 April 2017

    As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.

  • Vaudoise engineers investment pragmatism into design of life insurance

    29 March 2017

    Swiss group seeks property and mortgages in 2017

  • Aviva to sell Friends Provident International, say reports

    28 March 2017

    Chinese buyers said to be circling Channel Islands unit

  • German insurers remain committed to fixed income investing

    28 March 2017

    But fund investments ever more favoured for allocations, GDV finds

  • Australian fund managers subject to new risk management rules

    28 March 2017

    Regulator spells out mandatory practices for fund managers

  • Vaudoise buys local property investment managers in M&A swoop

    28 March 2017

    Swiss insurer plans using Berninvest and Dr Meyer AM for itself, and others