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Japan's life CIOs show yen for more than just ultra-long JGBs
15 July 2024JGBs can certainly help Japan's CIOs, in extending beyond 30 years in their duration - but the 'duration' of policyholders in Japan can extend even further. David Walker examines what CIOs can do when hunting for duration, and yield
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Don't be blinded by data scarcity on biodiversity, insurers say
10 July 2024Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2024 conference in June broke down the challenges involved in measuring biodiversity risk, sounded notes of optimism for the future, and urged for a new valuation for nature
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Hydrogen is developing quickly, but are insurers brave enough to take a punt?
08 July 2024The US government is pouring cash into newer renewables technologies in an effort to get them to scale and attract private investment
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COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Benelux insurers praise outsourcing partners
05 July 2024As Benelux CIOs generally got better news in 2023 and 2022, back-slapping for mandate managers seemed the order of the day
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Election day: How ballot box results are transforming a CIO's job
04 July 2024As geopolitics is "literally shaping markets day-in and day-out", and UK and French electors choose their next governments, Insurance Asset Risk analyses what geopolitical instability might mean for CIOs
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Insurers fighting an "arms race" over private credit, Phoenix's CIO says
01 July 2024Hiscox and Just Group CIOs tell the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference why it is important to keep external asset managers on their toes, particularly when it comes to private assets
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COTW - Round the World in SFCRs: Greece, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia
28 June 2024SFCRs from southern Europe's insurers contained a mix of epic investment performance, and conservative approaches in 2023
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IAR EMEA 24 - Matching adjustment reform, big bang or damp squib?
27 June 2024At Insurance Asset Risk's recent EMEA 2024 conference in London, panellists sat down to discuss some of the main regulatory issues facing insurers this year from reforms to Solvency UK to the ever-proliferating amount of ESG regulation
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A Lasting legacy - How Medvida is still helping Spanish lifers shed unwanted backbooks
26 June 2024Life consolidation and backbook deals may have hit hurdles in Germany, but in Spain Antonio Trueba, CEO of consolidator Medvida Partners paints a different picture
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IAR EMEA 24: Buckle in for inflation and geopolitical bumpiness
24 June 2024Conference panellists discussed the persistence of inflation and the power of political risk to surprise
- Insurers eyeing private markets, Schroders survey finds
- Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns
- Manulife appoints new CEO
- Aegon UK's head of responsible investment steps down
- Marc Michallet becomes responsible for investment management at R&V
- Hanwha Life gets US financial sector foothold with acquisition
- Growth is a dangerous thing
- Covéa appoints director of social engagement
- Gresham House appoints director of global natural capital
- SLAM acquires London care home for £11.25m