Sarfraz Thind

• US insurers in strong position to ride out real estate slump

  01 April 2020

  Expected 15% to 20% rental decline in properties

• "Nothing in history" comparable to COVID-19 financial response

  01 April 2020

  The crest may be nearing in Europe and US, but significant risks exist, says Principal's Baur

• Allianz GI liquidates two hedge funds after losses

  30 March 2020

  Equity slump hits Structured Alpha Funds derivative positions

• Recession not mortality most scary part of pandemic crisis

  27 March 2020

  Predicted 18 to 24-month recession will have biggest impact for investors, says Securian AM

• Global recession is here, Allianz says

  24 March 2020

  German insurer publishes grim outlook on global economy

• US regulators confident in industry COVID-19 solvency levels

  23 March 2020

  No forced liquidations even in Spanish flu scenario, say NAIC conference participants

• Coronavirus slump: the good, the bad and the ugly

  19 March 2020

  Not a single day passes without some new market revelation. Insurers are battening down the hatches but how bad is it and what damage has there been so far? Sarfraz Thind presents the good, the bad and the ugly of the market crash.

  

• SLA, Aviva and Columbia Threadneedle close UK property funds

  18 March 2020

  Market turmoil making it impossible to assign value to commercial real estate

• Coronavirus impact: no need to panic yet

  25 February 2020

  Asset managers expect economic activity to broadly recover after some short-term volatility. Sarfraz Thind reports.

  

• US life insurers' massive private debt growth a concern

  20 February 2020

  Fed names AIG, Apollo-Athene, MetLife as using annuity-type capital to finance private debt deals