Risk

  • War, oil and uncertainty keep the Fed in limbo, Conning says

    02 April 2026
  • Japan Post Insurance plans further $1bn EM outsourcing, and stake-building with Ashmore

    02 April 2026

    Delegations will involve EM funds, stocks and bonds

  • Experts turn to typhoons, and rock band amplifiers, to describe degrees of market stress

    02 April 2026

    Suddenly, the VIX index seems oh so very quaint a way to gauge investor tumult and fear

  • Australian lifers' trade body wanted better risk-allowance floor in annuity capital rule re-write

    02 April 2026

    Various annuities stakeholders argued APRA's preference for floor was wrong

  • Challenger argued for securitisations leeway in Australian annuity capital rules re-set

    02 April 2026

    Annuity writer wanted private ratings allowed for non-mainstream asset class

  • Australia's actuaries warned of "material constraint" of annuity writers' access to infra and US private markets

    01 April 2026

    Actuaries Institute's feedback on now-finalised capital framework changes was published this week

  • APRA finalises capital framework revisions for Australia's annuity writers

    31 March 2026

    Regulator acknowledges getting mixed feedback on topics around backing assets

  • Insurers back neural processing unit developer Rebellions in South Korea

    31 March 2026

    Mirae Asset said to be among backers in KRW 600bn direct equity injection

  • Crisis in Strait of Hormuz prompts Aviva Investors to downgrade forecasts for year

    30 March 2026

    Cuts 2026 growth outlook and raises inflation expectations amid rising uncertainty

  • Comment: How the US may one day run the world's biggest general account

    30 March 2026

    Academics argue Washington should become a low-cost home reinsurer as the global climate warms

  • Larry Fink highlights insurers in BlackRock's $400bn private assets plan

    30 March 2026

    CEO tells investors US social security insurance could diversify beyond US Treasuries

  • Chart of the Week: Hedgebay Securities' Andrew Kurian on private-credit stress, funds trading at discounts to NAV, and Spinal Tap's amplifier...

    27 March 2026

    Investors' mindsets are transitioning from a 'pull-to-maturity' mindset, to something more like 'mark-to-market'

  • Tokio Marine's space fund sees tailwinds in geopolitical risks

    27 March 2026

    Voya IM is manager behind Japanese unit's fund

  • Danish FSA ordered non-lifer to completely write-down residential property value in 2025

    27 March 2026

    Finanstilsynet published its annual supervisory review yesterday

  • Taiwan lifers could withstand 15% Middle East impairment, says S&P Global unit

    25 March 2026

    Good yields and diversification mean 4.1% of sector's invested assets are there