David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Folksam units back Swedish VC fund focused on climate themes

    17 May 2024

    Investment came from various units of the Swedish insurance group

  • Chart of the Week - Japanese life CIOs, super-long bonds and shareholdings

    17 May 2024

    Moody's and Life Insurance Association of Japan analyse trends in one key, and one more peripheral, asset class

  • Moody's expects re-invigorated buying of private credit by lifers as rate-cuts loom

    16 May 2024

    Ratings agency presented thorough analysis of drivers of demand by lifers for illiquids/private assets globally

  • German general account ends 2023 agonisingly close to €2trn, BaFin finds

    16 May 2024

    BaFin reveals "significant write-downs" on insurers' private and commercial property credit investments

  • 'Silent run-off' occurring in German life market, says Moody's

    16 May 2024

    Backbook life deals denied and abandoned, have stolen the limelight recently

  • A 41% jump in unit-linked lapses drives net outflows from French lifers

    16 May 2024

    Surrender payments were double the claims payments made by French life firms last year

  • European insurers' property exposure hit two-year low

    15 May 2024

    But CIO involvement in green bonds markets marks multi-year high

  • Comment - Is BaFin's argument against capital cuts for green activities, sustainable?

    15 May 2024

    Mark Branson told the media this week: "No compromises when it comes to calibrating our regulations"

  • BaFin president warns against lower capital requirements for sustainability

    15 May 2024

    Mark Branson also acknowledges BaFin's recent slap-on-the-wrist from EIOPA

  • External inflows to PIMCO and AllianzGI already beat Allianz's full-year goals

    15 May 2024

    PIMCO and AllianzGI now run €1.8trn of other people's money