Sarfraz Thind

• Q&A with Mohamed El Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz

  09 November 2018

  What to make of the current insurance investment markets? How should insurers approach the issue of market liquidity? What kind of volatility might one expect in the next twelve months? IAR's US editor Sarfraz Thind asks Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz.

  

• US mid-term elections: Trade remains a wildcard, but positives noted for infrastructure

  08 November 2018

  Investors expect a legitimate infrastructure investment plan out of better balance of power

• Berkshire Hathaway piles into equities

  05 November 2018

  Purchases $928bn of own stock in 3Q

• US not changing on climate

  25 October 2018

  New York, US. The US insurance industry has been a laggard when it comes to embracing investments to mitigate climate change. Many insurers remain suspicious of the need for it unlike their European counterparts. It is a deeply divisive, political issue, according to professionals. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Penn Mutual Asset Management aims to grow fixed income sales

  23 October 2018

  New hire Fanelli will work to increase business with insurance companies

• Mass Mutual sells Oppenheimer to Invesco for $5.7bn

  19 October 2018

  Takes 15.5% stake in Invesco

• Allianz leases San Francisco’s famous Ferry Building

  09 October 2018

  Joint venture with Hudson Pacific costs $291m

• Manulife could face 'death spiral' as hedge funds attack

  08 October 2018

  Share price falls 7% in two days

• US bond sell off not a problem for now

  05 October 2018

  Market participants remain calm over US treasury jitters

• Regulation redefines relations between insurers and asset managers

  27 September 2018

  In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's insurer-asset manager survey we examine how Solvency II has shifted the dynamic for insurance asset managers. Insurers are not always getting the tailor-made solutions, research and expertise they ask for. By Sarfraz Thind