Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Adams Street opens European private credit arm

    26 September 2022

    James Charalambides hired to lead new venture

  • BlackRock not green enough, warns NYC

    23 September 2022

    Comptroller's letter highlights divisions in US green investing politics

  • PE-owned insurers assets mostly in line with industry, NAIC finds

    23 September 2022

    Sector showed lower concentrations of alternatives and stocks than average

  • Private credit could be even more overvalued than sub-prime mortgages, PRA warns

    21 September 2022

    Charlotte Gerken highlights concerns about "striking" growth in insurers' private credit investments

  • Arena Capital the smooth operator

    19 September 2022

    High yield is usually associated with high risk. But Arena Capital is showing it need not be so—it has produced stellar returns for insurers in recent times and in doing so smoothed out some of the volatility associated with the asset class. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers' CLO growth cooled in 2021

    16 September 2022

    CLO volumes increased 12%, last year, down from 23% in 2020

  • Delaware Life invests in Fundamental Renewables

    16 September 2022

    Insurer is lead lender and arranger of $400m credit facility for renewables company

  • Post hires Kevin Farley to manage CLOs and structured credit

    16 September 2022

    Previously at Wells Fargo trading CLOs

  • Inflation a "double-edged sword" for insurers

    15 September 2022

    Benefits of boosted investment yields tempered by higher operating costs, Deloitte says

  • Prudential and MetLife acquire $16bn assets from IBM pension risk transfer

    14 September 2022

    Insurers will share 50% assets each in second biggest PRT in US history