Analysis

  • Has ESG become the ugly duckling of sustainability?

    21 November 2024

    Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's recent Responsible Investing for Insurers event discuss the difference between ESG and Impact Investing, as well as some of the challenges they are facing while building out their impact portfolios

  • Insurance Asset Risk's RI For Insurers: planning and implementing transition strategy

    19 November 2024

    Brendan Abadie, sustainable investments analyst, Phoenix Group, and Insurance Asset Risk staff writer Josh Adcock, were discussing financed emissions versus climate solution enablers, defining transition assets, and competing for assets with banks

  • What does Trump's barnstorming victory mean for insurers?

    13 November 2024

    CIOs Insurance Asset Risk spoke to in the run up to the election were right on the money when it came to predicting a Trump victory, but how can insurers and their asset managers prepare for his second stint at the White House?

  • The meaning of responsible investing

    12 November 2024

    As envisioned by insurers

  • Managing the flow: How is Aviva and Aviva Investors balancing the influx of BPA business?

    06 November 2024

    With the volumes of bulk-purchase annuity (BPA) deals across the UK market growing ever larger, insurers are having to think carefully about how they manage the flow of BPA deals to ensure there are enough assets to match the liabilities being taken on.

  • Liquidity risk tops Bermudian's concerns

    04 November 2024

    Interest rates volatility a key area of focus for CIOs, the audience at Insurance Risk and Capital Bermuda 2024 conference heard

  • CIO Interview: How to build a defensive portfolio in case of a monetary policy misstep

    30 October 2024

    CIO, multi-asset and senior portfolio manager, Nate Thooft discusses the make-up of the company's investment portfolio, how to deal with duration, and why maintaining investments in traditional sources of energy is still important.

  • Private market trends: Is private credit allowing insurers to get a better night's sleep?

    28 October 2024

    Covenant protection a key factor in a space that is "always open" no matter what the market's drama of the day

  • CIO Interview: Red or blue wave? Any wave is a worry in upcoming election

    23 October 2024

    Nate Thooft, chief investment officer, multi-asset and senior portfolio manager at Manulife IM discusses the upcoming US election and the Fed's rate cutting plans

  • The next step in impact? Catalysing scale

    22 October 2024

    M&G's Catalyst believes the climate transition is "arguably the greatest commercial opportunity in history", as it looks to carve out a niche in funding the scale-up of innovative businesses