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AAM, playing the long game
28 February 2022John Schaefer, chief executive, says the insurance-focused asset manager will continue to maintain a client-first dictum. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Insurance ALM turns 160 years old!
24 February 2022Today marks the 160th anniversary of what is believed to be the first actuarial paper on asset-liability management.... but has anything really changed since 1862? Vincent Huck blows out the candles, and gets reading...
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Insurers define the 'central bank gambit'
21 February 2022In an environment of heightened inflation and rising rates, should insurers play defensively against the central banks' next moves?
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How optimising for Hong Kong RBC is music to a CIO's ears
16 February 2022General accounts investments ideally work in harmony. Hong Kong's CIOs, the 'conductors' seeking such harmony, explain to David Walker approaching RBC rules require some 'GA fine-tuning'
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The US outsourcing race
14 February 2022The last year seems to have brought more asset management firms than ever into the insurance outsourcing space. How difficult is it to break into this market? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Conning's scrabble bingo: AI, ESG, EMD, α
09 February 2022Bringing AI to ESG in EMD may look like a hand in Scrabble, but as David Walker found out from Conning-owned asset manager Global Evolution, it's all about generating another letter: alpha
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Vaccine equity: a case study in investor engagement
07 February 2022Investors have asked pharma companies in a letter to address COVID vaccine equity. Two signatories, Achmea and Storebrand, reveal the content of their engagement toolbox to hold investee companies to account.
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Navigating the ups and downs of alternative investments
02 February 2022Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2022 conference discuss the key to allocating successfully to alternatives. Vincent Huck reports
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IFRS 17 and 9 - The tricky balance between local and group reporting
31 January 2022Blake Sowerby, IFRS 17/9 programme manager, Asia region, at Generali, discusses with Vincent Huck the accounting standards' implementation and expected changes in insurers' investment behaviour
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"You can't have everything": can CIOs strike a balance between ESG and returns?
26 January 2022Panellists at IAR's Asia conference discuss sacrificing balance sheets, for better ESG credentials, as Abbie Wood reports
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- Aegon UK's head of responsible investment steps down
- Gresham House appoints director of global natural capital
- Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns
- Tokio Marine steps up strategic equity sell-down plans
- SLAM acquires London care home for £11.25m
- Private credit markets hit $3trn, report finds
- Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results
- AEW acquires logistics asset near Frankfurt