David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week - Post-Brexit UK attracts under 3% of Europe's GA

    03 February 2023

    EIOPA reveals direct UK exposure of EEA insurers' GAs at second lowest point since Q4 2017

  • HANSAINVEST invests €50m in Poland's solar parks

    03 February 2023

    Affiliated manager already runs nearly €2bn of infrastructure allocations

  • UK and Swedish groups pay highest undiversified capital charge, new analysis finds

    03 February 2023

    Insurance Risk Data calculated figures using Solvency II capital data before diversification accounted for

  • Comment - As Blackstone helps Clive Cowdery invest, watch Resolution Life's market risk

    25 January 2023

    Blackstone's existing portfolio for Bermudian Harrington Re suggests a very active approach to origination and reallocation of GA

  • Nippon Life invests extra $1bn into Resolution Life

    25 January 2023

    Brings Japanese life firm's total investment in Clive Cowdery's consolidator to $1.65bn

  • Comment - Staggering admission on outsourcing fees by Bermuda's insurers

    24 January 2023

    Rates and structures of fees Bermuda's insurers pay their chosen outsourcing partners revealed

  • Comment - Markets tanking? Just remember Dad's Army, urges the PRA

    23 January 2023

    PRA recognises key lesson of crises - market has too many Joneses, and too few Mainwarings

  • PRA warns lifers - don't assume junk bonds stay liquid in stressed markets

    23 January 2023

    Charlotte Gerken issued warning in publishing regulatory stress test results today

  • Chart of the Week - EIOPA puts unit-linked returns and costs under spotlight

    20 January 2023

    EIOPA reveals which countries' UL had the highest returns, volatility, and fees

  • CIOs prepare for 'symmetric warfare' over listed shareholdings

    18 January 2023

    Europe's regulators are discussing almost doubling how far they allow the equities 'symmetric adjustment' to fluctuate. David Walker examines the implications for CIOs' capital consumption