12 May 2025

Return of public market assets? Or does private still hold sway?

Analysis

08 May 2025

SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors

Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show
07 May 2025

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
05 May 2025

Solvency UK and the matching adjustment in three easy pieces

At our recent Investing in Real Assets Conference, we brought together David Otudeko of the ABI and Michael Henderson of Legal & General to discuss the future of Solvency UK

01 May 2025

Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024

News

  • Dai-Ichi to raise stake in Capula hedge fund to 15%

    12 May 2025

  • Lloyd's of London appoints Guillermo Donadini as CIO

    12 May 2025

  • Rothesay completes £120m full scheme buy-in with examination board

    12 May 2025

  • Rothesay North America CIO joins private real estate investment firm

    12 May 2025

  • Lower C-Ross capital charge will boost shareholdings, says Fitch

    12 May 2025

  • Sompo AM reshuffles senior roles from New York to London

    12 May 2025

  • Standard Life completes £280m BPA deal with Cancer Research

    09 May 2025

  • Investors mistaken to think Trump will yield on tariffs, Pimco investment chief says

    09 May 2025

  • Chart of the Week - European insurance premiums mapped out

    09 May 2025

  • AM Best warns about threat to Taiwan's lifers as volatility hits FX

    09 May 2025

  • Japan Post Insurance toughens shareholder voting plans ahead of May meetings

    09 May 2025

  • Nippon Earthquake Insurance buys into printer's sustainability bond

    09 May 2025

  • European insurers may see "breakout moment" in private credit, Moody's says

    08 May 2025

  • Patrick Tiernan nets top job at Lloyd's

    08 May 2025

  • Aviva Investors expands Spanish build-to-rent platform with Madrid deal

    08 May 2025

  • MEAG refinances Nordic property developer

    08 May 2025

  • MIM appoints Brian Funk as interim president

    07 May 2025

  • MEAG continues run of disposals with German office asset sale

    07 May 2025

  • M&G Real Estate appoints fund manager of M&G Asia Property Fund

    07 May 2025

  • PGIM Real Estate appoints new head of core strategies from Invesco

    07 May 2025

Market Insight

STS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios

The Simple, Transparent and Standardised asset-backed security (STS ABS) market can offer attractive potential risk-adjusted returns to complement an exposure to high-quality corporate and government bonds.

Infrastructure debt: The long game

A core asset class for insurance balance sheets throughout the economic cycle.

Event

10 June 2025, 8:50 AM

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  2. European insurers may see "breakout moment" in private credit, Moody's says
  3. Chart of the Week - European insurance premiums mapped out
  4. Japan Post Insurance toughens shareholder voting plans ahead of May meetings
  5. AM Best warns about threat to Taiwan's lifers as volatility hits FX
  6. Nippon Earthquake Insurance buys into printer's sustainability bond
  7. Standard Life completes £280m BPA deal with Cancer Research
  8. Solvency UK and the matching adjustment in three easy pieces
  9. Lloyd's of London appoints Guillermo Donadini as CIO
  10. Chart of the Week - MA is a £78bn capital goldmine that UK lifers just keep digging

Spotlight: Sustainable Investing

13 January 2025

Driving the sustainable infra highway

Jérôme Jean Haegeli discusses how and why sustainable infrastructure needs to become a tradeable asset class
27 January 2025

ESG is on trial. Are you ready to convict?

The term ESG has become box office poison in recent months. Is it dead and buried or looking for a new definition?
19 February 2025

A river runs through it

For 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
17 March 2025

Scottish Widows' head of RI on AI and AMs' voting records

Eva Cairns, head of responsible investment at Scottish Widows, explains the firm's governance policy around AI and the outcome of expecting voting policy adherence from asset managers

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
07 May 2025

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
24 June 2025, 8:00 AM

Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2025

Exploring insurer investment and asset allocation strategies amidst market volatility and rising interest rates.

  • Dai-Ichi to raise stake in Capula hedge fund to 15%

  • Lower C-Ross capital charge will boost shareholdings, says Fitch

  • Sompo AM reshuffles senior roles from New York to London

  • AM Best warns about threat to Taiwan's lifers as volatility hits FX

  • Japan Post Insurance toughens shareholder voting plans ahead of May meetings

  • Nippon Earthquake Insurance buys into printer's sustainability bond

  • M&G Real Estate appoints fund manager of M&G Asia Property Fund

  • Comment - Does lightning strike twice? A (forlorn) bid for lower home premiums

Outsourcing

  • Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

  • Schroders takes £2.1bn management mandate for Scottish Friendly

  • SLAM acquires majority stake in European aerial emergency services firm

  • Guardian Life forms investment partnership with Janus Henderson

People

  • Lloyd's of London appoints Guillermo Donadini as CIO

  • Rothesay North America CIO joins private real estate investment firm

  • Patrick Tiernan nets top job at Lloyd's

  • MIM appoints Brian Funk as interim president

Regulation

  • European insurers may see "breakout moment" in private credit, Moody's says

  • Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

  • Solvency UK and the matching adjustment in three easy pieces

  • Chart of the Week - MA is a £78bn capital goldmine that UK lifers just keep digging

Systems/Data

  • Winners of the 2025 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards

  • Axa IM hails blockchain trials a success

  • Mapfre AM to unify investment process for public and private assets

  • Til tech do us part - are AI investments a love story for the ages?

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