Principal Global Investors closed $750m of private lending deals in 2021
Aims to double business this year with new hires and expanded deal count
Aims to double business this year with new hires and expanded deal count
Most generous industries revealed by Insurance Risk Data analysis
Investment stressors planned to evolve in four distinct stages
Capital charge numbers are an important part of Hong Kong's RBC, but insurers tell David Walker that the qualitative improvements they expect in how underwriters manage their risk will be as important
The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports
Will invest via its private credit funds business
Agency warns of more severe future crisis due to central bank interventions
Invesco's head of EU affairs discusses the Solvency II review roadmap
Natalie Falkman will oversee the RobecoSAM strategy
Predicting the normalisation of inflation and credit spreads remaining stable
Asset side catching up with ESG underwriting standards, Conning survey finds
Speaking at IAR's Asia conference, Peak Re chief economist Clarence Wong highlights the key considerations for insurers' investments in the coming months as well as the main trends affecting the global economy post-COVID-19.
5-6 April 2022
Discuss the trends, forecasts, and risk/return characteristics for investments in infrastructure, real estate, and renewable energy.
In recent years alternative fixed income assets such as loans, infrastructure financing and private debt have become increasingly popular with professional investors.
Infrastructure debt and private placements offer a number of potential benefits to insurance investors—from a potential spread premium to diversification and strong covenants.
Ardea Investment Management examines key fixed income market themes for 2022.
In today's investment landscape, insurers are increasingly looking outside of traditional allocations to improve portfolio returns and returns on capital.
Facing the brave new post-Covid world, our experts highlight the opportunities that can help to future-proof your investment portfolios.
Todd Hedtke, chief investment officer at Allianz US, reflects on 2021, a year marked by "very significant changes". Interview by Abbie Wood
Investing in insurance-linked securities (ILS) was once about natural catastrophe risk, but in Asia, practitioners expect far greater diversity in life/non-life risks being packaged, with help from insurers and regulators alike, they tell David Walker
To most investors China is an object of allocation-lust, for its gigantic size and the promise of exponential opportunities. But insurers still fear risk. Is that justified? Vincent Huck seeks some answers
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Accounting for less than 25% of total in Europe, from 38% three years ago
French CIOs love bonds, Northern Europeans prefer corporates and eastern Europeans like govvies
They love it, but in small proportions
Research by Insurance Asset Risk shows a 5% drop to €125.9bn
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