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Insurers have fortified their RE debt platforms - and now rival banks
26 February 2025With banks retrenching from RE debt thanks to regulation, insurers are fortifying their positions and building out their platforms - with Europe set to become more like the US market
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Why non-life CIOs may struggle in fight for APAC's spare capital
24 February 2025An APAC bond yield of 2.4%? Or an insurance operation's 19%? Take your pick...
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A river runs through it
19 February 2025For all the political noise against ESG, asset managers tell Insurance Asset Risk nothing has changed, and their sustainability offerings and strategies are seeing an insatiable demand
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How can an asset manager provide an insurer with the best custom fit?
17 February 2025James Bradbury, business development manager on Wellington Management's EMEA insurance team, tells David Walker how the manager's bespoke solutions are cut to fit its customers
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Insurers now taking a more blended approach to public and private investing, Barings says
12 February 2025Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Patrick O'Sullivan, head of international insurance solutions at investment manager Barings to discuss his role and the sector's changing approach to investing in private markets.
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Real estate market back to basics
10 February 2025Values in the private markets have corrected signaling an encouraging outlook for real estate investors, Andrew Angeli, global head of real estate research and strategy at Zurich, says
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Are gilts failing to shine for institutional investors?
05 February 2025RLAM comments on the state of play in gilt yields ahead of the BoE's next rate cut decision
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Will the NAIC's new regulations change insurer's attitudes to private credit investments?
03 February 2025David Zhang, director at New York-based advisory firm MSCI, discusses how US insurers are coping with a torrent of new regulation from the NAIC
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Secret Actuary - How far from 'midnight' is the 'Insurance Doomsday Clock'?
29 January 2025Actuaries tell us what metrics a Doomsday Clock for insurance would probably need - and how close to Underwriting Armageddon we really are
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ESG is on trial. Are you ready to convict?
27 January 2025The term ESG has become box office poison in recent months. Is it dead and buried or looking for a new definition?
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