David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • OP Ryhman sets sector-specific bond emissions targets

    25 August 2023

    Energy, agriculture and home loans now have specific reductions goals

  • UnipolSai reveals 'exotic' and somewhat luxurious investments

    22 August 2023

    Italian's GA complements rivals' stakes in art, maritime loans, holiday homes and "a Danish ship"

  • IAG pulls out of hedge funds but holds firm on PE

    21 August 2023

    Full-year results revealed the HF redemption today

  • Chart of the Week - 'Build it and they will come' - German insurers and Spezialfonds

    18 August 2023

    Since 2009 German institutions made 3.9% in their Spezialfonds - and expanded allocations by 167%

  • Aegon to hone focus on alternatives as rates bite into core fixed income

    18 August 2023

    US financial asset exposure being trimmed in favour of strategic assets

  • Talanx plans further fixed income rotations in 2H

    14 August 2023

    German group posts record half year net income for 2023

  • Chart of the Week - European insurers and US debt

    11 August 2023

    CIOs were cutting back their US debt well before Fitch cut its rating this month

  • Large ETF providers appear on risk radar of Italy's Assimoco SpA

    09 August 2023

    Social inequality also among 'emerging risks' of R+V subsidiary

  • Insurers's SFCRs face up to the worst of climate change

    07 August 2023

    Aegon uses Ortec Finance to model 'failed transition'

  • IFRS 17: Are insurers ready for the same scrutiny they impose on their investees

    07 August 2023

    New accounting standards, including IFRS 17, are seeking to standardise insurance accounting globally and better reflect insurers financial positions to their investors. But is their message loud, or more importantly, clear? David Walker examines