David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Aviva Life & Pensions UK's MA-eligible assets fall in 2022

    05 May 2023

    MA asset portfolio dropped to £46.8bn, SFCR shows

  • Bolting for the door - could 'mass lapse' risk trigger 'mass bond sales' at French lifers?

    04 May 2023

    Better interest rates mean better investment options than life policies. As France's exposed lifers watch on, some count up their liquid assets, some count on customer loyalty - but will all ultimately count on CIOs, to sell off GAs? David Walker reports

  • Generali to transfer €2.8bn assets to Frankfurter Leben in pensions sale

    04 May 2023

    Parties hope M&A will complete by year's end

  • European lifers' liquidity risk manageable as surrender rates rise

    04 May 2023

    Fitch says sources of liquid funds and good ALM will protect sector

  • Comment - Time for Europe's lifers to 'talk tough' with their governments?

    04 May 2023

    Knowlingly or not, some of Europe's governments now have sovereigns able to compete with life policy promises

  • Gothaer ties staff-wide bonuses to climate goals

    04 May 2023

    Reducing portfolio emissions will be 10% of variable pay decisions

  • Attractive returns with policy guarantees "hardly possible" now in Germany, AXA Leben says

    04 May 2023

    Life unit continues tilt toward investment and part-guaranteed products

  • Comment - Rome turns into life insurers' competitor, as BTP yields jump

    03 May 2023

    Moody's posited sovereign debt as one rival investment to local lifers' policy promises

  • Arca Vita uses alternatives to replace eurozone sovereigns in 2022

    03 May 2023

    Widening BTP spreads led to "management actions" decreasing bond investments

  • Pension Insurance Corporation reveals lower MA assets in 2022

    03 May 2023

    Only cash and funds increased in volume in PIC's MA