Sarfraz Thind

• Prudential puts €150m into solar energy fund

  14 June 2016

  NextPower II will focus on Italian solar projects

• SS&C launches investment management software for insurers

  13 June 2016

  Global Gateway to help insurers with analytics and reporting tasks

• Allianz resolute in Asian asset strategy despite South Korea sale

  04 May 2016

  Allianz's sale of its South Korean insurance and asset management businesses marked a significant retreat for the insurer. Yet, the company continues to target growth in the region. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Zurich looking for solutions to Asian investment jam

  27 April 2016

  Dealing with low interest rates is a global issue, but in Asia Pacific there are additional challenges facing insurers, as Zurich's regional investment manager Michael Vos explains to Sarfraz Thind

• Axa's Asia CIO gets an appreciation of the region's complexities

  30 March 2016

  Axa has made Asia one of its focus areas for expansion. The region offers huge growth potential but there are investment issues, such as diverse regulations and scarcity of assets, says regional CIO Boris Moutier. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• IFRS accounting rules to shape asset allocation

  03 February 2016

  When it finally goes live, the IFRS 9 accounting rule is likely to have a notable impact on asset allocation. So what should participants be aware of? Sarfraz Thind reports

• Goodbye gilts as Solvency II shifts asset allocation

  20 January 2016

  Prompted by Solvency II, some insurers have moved out of government bonds and into swaps and short-dated government or corporate bonds. But the swap-based approach is not without its challenges, as Sarfraz Thind reports

• Talanx's CIO Thomas Mann focuses on idiosyncratic risk

  08 January 2016

  Diversification is key to defending your company against the unknowns like the ones that Mann faced during the 2008 crisis. That experience was crucial. "You learn how to protect your assets," he tells Sarfraz Thind

• Generali embarks on more active investment policy

  21 December 2015

  Generali has been seeking to expand its investment horizons in a bid to combat the impact of low European interest rates. But the pace of change is slow and Solvency II's stringent capital rules are partly to blame, as the company's EMEA CIO, Andreas Hoffmann, explains to Sarfraz Thind

• Insurers need change in mindset to embrace ETFs fully

  29 October 2015

  The attraction of exchange-traded funds to insurance investors is increasing but further growth may be slowed by regulatory worries and resistance from proponents of an active approach to portfolio management. Sarfraz Thind reports