Sarfraz Thind

• Axa involved in "illegal" Israeli arms investments

  09 July 2019

  NGO report says company’s actions make it complicit in war crimes against Palestine

• US insurer private equity investments "spiked" in last two years

  02 July 2019

  Leveraged buyout investment biggest segment of growth, says AM Best

• Rothesay Life in $403m US home lease loan

  13 June 2019

  Transaction done via US subsidiary, Rothesay Asset Management

• US yield curve inversion - run for the hills?

  10 June 2019

  Like a bad tarot card, an inverted US yield curve normally means economic doom. March’s inversion has now morphed into the most inverted yield curve since 2007. It is likely to have insurers gazing into their charts to see how to tackle their investments. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Prudential extols virtues of private debt

  06 June 2019

  CIO Schmidt says company positioning itself against market downturn

• US insurers build up leveraged loan holdings

  31 May 2019

  AIG, MetLife with “outsized concentrations”

• Guggenheim warns of great truffle hunt for yield

  21 May 2019

  Corporate bond ratings like residential mortgages of 2008, says Walsh

• Commercial mortgages close up

  16 May 2019

  Strong returns, stable performance, low risk—the market for commercial mortgage loans has run on tailwinds in the last 10 years with more insurers bringing the asset onto their portfolio than ever before. But, with a looming economic downturn, is the love affair with CMLs about to run out? Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Sun Life sees $52m hit from PG&E exposure

  10 May 2019

  Losses from renewable energy investments linked to bankrupt utility

• CECL: US insurers getting to grips with accounting standard overhaul

  09 May 2019

  Like IFRS 9, the US's current expected credit losses (CECL) accounting standard was devised to tackle expected credit losses in financial institution portfolios. The rules, however, appear harsh in relation to the insurance industry. By Sarfraz Thind