Sarfraz Thind

• IMF looks to ruin PE-insurer party

  29 December 2023

  The International Monetary Fund has raised further warning flags on private equity-owned insurance businesses. At the heart of the concerns are the illiquid assets these insurers use which may lead to financial catastrophe, if the IMF is to be believed.

  

• US life insurers have ample capital to absorb CRE losses, Fitch says

  22 December 2023

  CMBS loan delinquencies expected to double going into 2025

• GoldenTree hires Charlie Fuller to head insurance business

  18 December 2023

  Asset manager is looking to tap credit demand from industry

• AM Best praises Prudential Financial's investment portfolio

  18 December 2023

  Net investment income has been driver of earnings in last five years

• Mercer to buy Vanguard's OCIO business

  12 December 2023

  Will add more than 1000 clients to business

• "What happens in Japan may not stay in Japan," El-Erian warns

  11 December 2023

  Pimco's ex-CEO highlights potential of disorderly Japan YCC exit as country faces new inflation challenge

• M&G invests $20m in crypto derivatives firm

  11 December 2023

  To help foster a growing regulated crypto market in the UK

• When Japan sneezes

  11 December 2023

  Japan's economy has seen a sea change this year as the BoJ loosens what seems like it has been a lifetime of low rates. Life insurers are preparing to make their own moves on the back of this—which could impact the rest of the world.

  

• BlackRock reveals "sizeable short" on P&C insurance

  08 December 2023

  Asset manager rings alarm bells on US insurance and its impact on wider economy

• Regulators monitoring insurer derivatives use, IAIS says

  07 December 2023

  Rising interest rates increasing margin call risks on insurer derivative holdings