Analysis

  • Biomethane - the next big thing in European renewables, Mapfre says

    13 June 2024

    Spanish insurer is investing in biomethane plants across Spain and is even eyeing a second fund to further bolster its place in the burgeoning market

  • Fireside chat with Phoenix's Eakins: The days of insurance investments run by actuaries are gone

    12 June 2024

    Covering geopolitics, macro, AI and sustainability

  • Hong Kong insurers embrace prudence as RBC set to kick in

    11 June 2024

    And highlight areas of discussions with the regulator for future iteration of the regulation

  • Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference round up

    10 June 2024

    Geopolitics and its impact on markets running thread of conference's discussions

  • China's economic growth focused on quality not speed, Ping An CIO says

    07 June 2024

    Ben Deng highlights key investment opportunities including 'fly cars'

  • Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'

    07 June 2024

    Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022

  • A new dawn? Contemplating asset strategy anew, after the BOJ's seismic policy shift

    06 June 2024

    At a historic policy inflexion point in Japan - the Bank of Japan raising interest rates and relinquishing its long-held negative-rates stance - Man Group's Max Davies discusses interest rates, duration, FX hedging and CIOs' ongoing hunt for yield with David Walker

  • Insurance Asset Risk Asia audience upbeat about global growth prospects

    05 June 2024

    Chinese economy casts shadow on future growth prospects while CIOs keep focused on good ALM in light of regulatory and accounting overhaul

  • Round the World with SFCRs - Italy's lapse risk shows no sign of surrendering

    03 June 2024

    A lot of Italians holding life policies made for the exit, early, in 2022, and the pressure on lifers seemed not to ease much in 2023

  • Exploring the wild new world of real estate

    29 May 2024

    Andrew Angeli, global head of real estate research & strategy at Zurich, discusses how changes in demographic and consumer expectations give rise to a new real estate sector