David Walker

• Old dog, new(ish) tricks? Lloyd's CIOs get all esoteric

  05 April 2023

  Lloyd's syndicates have held onto non-mainstream investments even as yields have risen - with some mixed results, David Walker finds

  

• Beazley Furlonge praises 7% hedge fund returns in 2022

  05 April 2023

  Total portfolio yield was 4.7% by year's end

• MAP holds firm on bullion ETFs, enjoys "small pat on the back" for avoiding tech stocks

  05 April 2023

  Managing agency suffered its first back-to-back investment losses in 2021/2022

• Brit syndicate extends ESG investment credit line at Lloyd's

  05 April 2023

  Ki syndicate also invested in staff training with coding/data degrees for four women

• Probitas syndicate promotes Conning as syndicate's lead outsourcing partner

  04 April 2023

  Has three other managers in supporting roles

• BlackRock wins outsourcing mandate of AIG Lloyd's syndicate

  04 April 2023

  Talbot insurer moves investments from parent's affiliate in Q4 2022

• German Gothaer's investment result falls as ZZR slowly unwinds

  03 April 2023

  Composite reveals only Hamburg disaster over a century ago left bigger property bill than storm Bernd

• Chart of the Week - Real rates still negative, in 2050

  31 March 2023

  German academics predict 'lower for longer' might not have gone away

• Asia's insurers cut FX hedging to "maintain profitability," says S&P Global

  31 March 2023

  Costs of FX protection could erode earnings, and capital of some

• HansaInvest Real Assets welcomes rates "great normalisation"

  29 March 2023

  Exit from ultra-low rates spells "return to sensible times", Nicholas Brinkmann says