David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week: Asset managers and insurers 'partner up' in $60bn M&A game

    07 March 2025

    Historically manager/insurer deals were ' you run my assets, I pay you fees'. Some deal structures today are almost unrecognisable to those bygone times

  • Australians start taking climate change (almost) as seriously as sport

    06 March 2025

    A tropical cyclone this week forced relocation of rugby matches, as the awful enormity of global warming finally dawns on the Aussies

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance invests in San Francisco cyber insurtech

    05 March 2025

    Japanese insurers revealed ransomware attack hit outsourcing partner last week

  • Insurers worldwide seek lessons from LA's infernos

    05 March 2025

    From California to Australia, stakeholders in assessing, covering and combatting wildfire risk tell David Walker lessons will be learned from Los Angeles's horrors

  • Asian countries must engage with asset owners better on national plans for climate adaptation

    05 March 2025

    Asia Investor Group on Climate Change highlights importance of investor involvement in national adaptation plans

  • China's regulator tells insurers to build green bond, ABS and AM product investments

    04 March 2025

    NFRA and PBoC announce five-year plan on green finance for insurers and banks

  • RLAM wins £4.6bn outsourcing multi-asset mandate from St James's Place

    04 March 2025

    UK wealth manager also changed managers to Schroders for £5.2bn sustainable mandate

  • APAC Weekly - How insurers' involvement with reinsurers is deepening, and broadening

    04 March 2025

    Not only a 'lifesaver' for APAC's CUOs, reinsurers are becoming targets for APAC CIOs

  • Equity gains help State Farm swing to $5.3bn net income in 2024

    04 March 2025

    Group's non-life unit is under fire after requesting an emergency 22% home rate hike after LA fires

  • MSIG and SingLife unveil details of Singaporean's views on sustainable investing

    03 March 2025

    Citizens polled want insurers to take lead - but might not follow that lead themselves