Analysis

• BlackRock: building the behemoth

  04 April 2022

  There are giants in the asset management world... and then, there is BlackRock. Daniel Dunay talks about growing the company and why it is the number one insurance asset manager in the world. Interview by Sarfraz Thind

  

• The story of The Very Hungry Insurers - and APAC green bonds

  30 March 2022

  APAC green and thematic bond markets are still developing, but investors want more supply and the highest governance and reporting standards to meet their demand, David Walker discovers

  

• Ellen Yang - the view from the inside on C-Ross Phase II

  28 March 2022

  DWS's Ellen Yang could fairly claim unique insight, or at the very least 'privileged insight', into C-Ross Phase II rules, having been seconded by China's regulator to work on them. Interview by David Walker.

  

• The insurance investor's tale on ESG

  23 March 2022

  Simon Tighe came 600 years late to feature in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century classic, The Canterbury Tales - but his story of the eponymous re/insurer's ESG development is as engaging for David Walker

  

• Taking the lead - how Xin Liu helped evolve C-Ross's market risk rules

  21 March 2022

  Xin Liu had, arguably, the most pivotal risk for CIOs in leading the development of C-Ross Phase II rules on market risk. David Walker gained exclusive insight from him on evolving the rules

  

• M&G's focus on mortgages and consumer loans

  16 March 2022

  Russell Lee, head of insurance solutions, and Jerome Henrion, head of specialty finance, at M&G talk about the asset class characteristics and why it will continue to be a source of opportunities for insurers

  

• Entering the Dragon - IAR launches series with unparalleled insights into C-Ross Phase II

  14 March 2022

  Series includes profiles of insurers and other key figures in China, Q&As, analysis, factual 'Explainers' and comments. Follow the guide David Walker

  

• CIO interview: Hiscox lined up for 2022 reinvestment opportunities

  09 March 2022

  James Millard was appointed group CIO at Hiscox in January 2020. He looks back at the last two years and explains why he has high expectations for 2022. Interview by Vincent Huck

  

• Comment: The double materiality of gender diversity

  08 March 2022

  The same way climate change won't be curbed with recycling and paper cups in offices, gender equality won't be achieved just through insurers' HR policies, insurers need to use their investments to have impact. Abbie Wood writes

  

• War: A Day in the Life of a CIO

  02 March 2022

  Todd Hedtke, Allianz Life's CIO, talks about how the day Russia invaded Ukraine unfolded for him and his reactions to the seesaw moves in the market.