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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds
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French insurers emphasise liquid investing, as lapse risk keeps biting
01 May 2024French insurers emphasise liquid investing, as lapse risk keeps biting
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Sterling LDI fund managers face 300bps liquidity buffer
01 May 2024Asset managers gave mixed reviews of CSSF's proposals during consultation
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Newton IP wins Japanese insurance engagement outsourcing
30 April 2024As part of insurer's emerging managers programme
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Chinese life investment yields in 2023 revealed
30 April 2024Fitch welcomes cooling in major firms' investment return assumptions
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Hong Kong considering future capital-factor incentives for infrastructure investments
26 April 2024Green bond discount, and rejection of time-lag for asset valuations, published by Insurance Authority today
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Chart of the Week - Hong Kong's RBC rules and their capital charges for CIOs
26 April 2024The risk-factor charges Hong Kong's CIOs will apply under RBC appeared in a long document today, for various asset classes and risk types
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Japanese lifers tell trade body they want more in return for holding equities
25 April 2024Returns, dividend payout ratios and returns on equity common causes of discontent
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The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives
25 April 2024Yields on core fixed income may have improved with rate hikes of recent years, but some Lloyd's syndicate CIOs have ventured further from the well-trod path, searching for alternatives, as David Walker discovers
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LGIM and Solactive partner on energy transition commodity ETF
25 April 2024Weighting commodities by their "significance for enabling the energy" while remaining mindful of liquidity