David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • German insurers hold €528bn in Spezialfonds

    17 February 2023

    Closed-ended Spezialfonds have enjoyed an interrupted and sharp expansion since 2019

  • Chart of the Week - Equities, a falling part of Germany's unit-linked industry?

    17 February 2023

    Germany's unit-linked equity funds suffer first consecutive falls in volume

  • India government reveals re/insurers' Adani exposures

    16 February 2023

    Six re/insurers revealed as holding Adani equities and/or debt

  • Comment - BMA picks up the 'big stick' for Bermuda's CIOs

    13 February 2023

    The regulator's announcement on illiquids and alternatives was all-stick-no-carrot, but will the BMA bite not just bark, at CIOs?

  • Chart of the Week - Swedish property woes and homeland GA tilts

    10 February 2023

    Sweden's heavy homeland GA property tilt exposes it to an above-mean domestic price risk

  • Use of hedging derivatives in Europe hits multi-year high, EIOPA finds

    09 February 2023

    Authority ascribes peak figure since at least 2020 to interest rate hedging

  • AIG's life sale could fund repurchase of half its stock by 2025, Third Point says

    09 February 2023

    Hedge fund took stake in US giant last quarter

  • Fitch spells out reasons for C-Ross Phase II solvency falls

    08 February 2023

    Ratings agency says investment charges hurt lifers, while insurance charges played role for non-lifers

  • Full-scale GA change not expected this year South Korea new regulatory regime

    08 February 2023

    Fitch expects "adjustments" at some South Korean insurers in May/June reporting

  • JGB yields rising a "probable game change" for Japan's lifers, Fitch says

    08 February 2023

    Sector is already selling off US treasuries