Analysis

• Practising good liquidity management - for the day liquidity turns bad

  24 July 2023

  Reflecting on the aftermath of the liquidity crisis after the UK's mini budget crisis last autumn, panellists discussed what makes for good liquidity management and where the next crisis will come from. Compiled by Vincent Huck

  

• Yield protection and inflation hedging, an Asian insurance investing game

  20 July 2023

  Clarence Wong, chief economist of Peak Re, discusses the economic outlook for Asian insurers and implications for their SAA. Interview by Vincent Huck

  

• IAR EMEA: Private assets - yesterday's story?

  19 July 2023

  Eleanor Bucks, chief investment officer at Lloyd's of London, discusses the continued allure of private assets and market misconceptions at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference

  

• SunLife HK's CIO on IFRS, rate hikes, geopolitics, and exercising patience

  17 July 2023

  Shiuan Ting van Vuuren discusses why IFRS 17 & 9 implementation have been a challenging and ongoing journey, the impact of rising rates and increased geopolitical tensions, and why she is relaxed about regulatory changes. Interview by Vincent Huck

  

• Chart of the week -what equity sectors cause, and get hit by, crises and contagion?

  14 July 2023

  Researchers in Brazil analyse US markets from sub-prime to the COVID-19, via the 'Trump-effect'. They tell David Walker which sectors fared worst as Donald Trump rose to power? Was the AIG bail-out 'worth it'? And when it comes to crisis, 'will markets ever learn'?

  

• Rising rates keep CIOs on their toes

  13 July 2023

  Inflation-fighting rate hikes in many economies have subtly, but significantly, affected investors' priorities, Insurance Asset Risk's 2023 EMEA conference heard last week. It remains hard to pick the likely trajectory, and appropriate reaction, as Josh Adcock reports

  

• Zurich Hong Kong's GA - a ship nearly on autopilot

  12 July 2023

  Philipp Furrer, chief investment officer for Hong Kong and Singapore at Zurich, reveals why he sleeps very well at night. Interview by Vincent Huck

  

• CIOs play the 'long game' - but even that harbours significant investment risks

  10 July 2023

  For long-term investors, as insurance CIOs like to see themselves, inflation and interest rates are short-term considerations, as Josh Adcock reports from Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2023 conference

  

• Swiss Re's how to: 'value an anteater'

  05 July 2023

  From tigers to reefs to a coalpit's climate cost, actuaries are valuing some unexpected assets - and presenting findings in ways even UK politicians can grasp...David Walker reports.

  

• Asia's CIOs face up to having to 'know it all'

  03 July 2023

  Insurance investors discuss the lessons learned from the last few years of severe volatility, and reveal what [Chat] 'GPT' actually stands for, at Insurance Asset Risk's Hong Kong Seminar 2023. Compiled by Vincent Huck