Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • IAR outlook survey: sustainability for the next ten years

    08 February 2021

    Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey discovered that sustainability is the overarching theme that will influence insurance investor behavior—not just this year but for the next decade and probably beyond. Yet, some are more prepared than others. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Reddit traders fuelling fears of market mania, warns Prudential

    08 February 2021

    Chief market strategist suggests new bubble forming on back of Fed easy money policy

  • MetLife rides out turbulent 2020 with 9% drop in investment income

    05 February 2021

    Q4 up 13% on higher private equity returns as insurer piles into private markets

  • IAR's global outlook survey 2021: a foggy crystal ball

    01 February 2021

    Respondents to Insurance Asset Risk's outlook survey seem more at the mercy of the financial gods than ever before. Most agree that while the pandemic rages, 2021 will be a damn hard year to predict. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Insurers call on regulators to lower capital charges on green investments

    29 January 2021

    "Onerous" charges are stymying insurer investing in green assets, World Bank senior advisor warns

  • Allianz gets approval to set up asset manager in China

    28 January 2021

    For own insurance assets only

  • US insurers went on bond acquisition spree in 2020

    25 January 2021

    Corporate bond purchases 36% higher than previous year, according to NAIC

  • Blackstone hires Michael Hovey to lead partnerships for insurance solutions group

    22 January 2021

    Joins from Morgan Stanley where he co-headed insurance investment banking

  • A testing climate for munis

    20 January 2021

    US municipal bonds have been a staple asset for insurers. But as underwriters brace for the effects of climate change, some insurers are questioning if lending to states hit with increasingly frequent and more severe hurricanes and wild fires is a sensible use of their general accounts. David Walker and Sarfraz Thind report

  • Axis Capital rules out backing fossil fuel projects in Alaskan region

    15 January 2021

    Decision respects traditional ownership of lands by Gwich'in people