18 September 2023

"The Fed's medicine is working"

Analysis

21 September 2023

Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) KPIs for Alternative Investments under SFDR

2023 has been an extremely important year for Article 4 SFDR investors in the EU such as life insurers, pension funds or alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). They were required to publish the first Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) statement for the reference year in 2022 no later than 30 June 2023 so that now you have a lot to read on their websites.
13 September 2023

CIOs to fasten seatbelts for bumpy landing as Fed spots runway

"The Fed won't hike rates next week," former president of Kansas City Fed predicts. While asset owners are at odds on the likelihood of a recession and asset managers brace themselves for what will not be a "piece of (cheese)cake"
11 September 2023

Brookfield and insurance: a defence

Brookfield has been looking to carve out a name for itself in the insurance world. Even as the company gets assailed by a critics its path to growth remains undimmed.
06 September 2023

Brookfield: the alternative traditionalist

The influx of alternative managers into insurance has been one of the trends of the decade. Brookfield, which has scooped up three insurance mandates in the last 12 months, has a more conservative business model than many peers as Sachin Shah, chief executive of Brookfield Insurance Solutions, explains

News

Sustainable investing focus

Transition plan, the end of the beginning at L&G

Adrian Chapman, head of group climate investment oversight at Legal & General, discusses the group's first transition plan, how it received the backing of shareholders at this year's AGM, and the intricacies of public communication on the plan.

Roundtable

CRE 2024 outlook

In part three of the Insurance Asset Risk/Invesco roundtable, insurers look at the outlook for CRE in the next 18 months—and the economic realities of the world we find ourselves in.
Most Read
  1. Brookfield and insurance: a defence
  2. TIAA's $2.6bn residential mortgage purchases boosted market in H1
  3. Brookfield: the alternative traditionalist
  4. Generali appoints Antonio Tedesco as head of investment innovation
  5. NAIC notes some insurers "aggressively" taking more risk in CLOs
  6. Insurance asset managers keep out of blue bonds' murky waters... for now
  7. Momentum rising on stewardship engagement with sovereigns
  8. Generali France and Goodvest join forces for green retirement plan
  9. Nassau and Fortress form investment management partnership
  10. Man hires two to insurance solutions group

Focus on the USA

More on USA
26 September 2023, New York

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023

The leading event for CROs and CIOs at re/insurers

Have you registered?

The Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023 conference starts on 26 September 2023 at 9AM ET.

US Contact: Sarfraz Thind • sarfraz.thind@insuranceassetrisk.com

Spotlight: Real Assets

Building blocks - accessing high-quality commercial real estate loans to back long-term insurance liabilities

The increasing demand for long-duration, predictable cashflows is driving the need for illiquid assets to deliver attractive returns with a good match for long-dated liabilities.
14 August 2023

How to showcase the social value of buildings?

PIC's Cléo Fitzsimons and Charles Beard discusses the UK insurer's proprietary ESG scorecard for real estate investments across 65 KPIs.
19 July 2023

IAR EMEA: Private assets - yesterday's story?

Eleanor Bucks, chief investment officer at Lloyd's of London, discusses the continued allure of private assets and market misconceptions at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference
28 March 2023

IAR investing in real assets conference 2023 roundup

Panellists discuss the secular macro and geopolitical trends affecting their investment decisions in real assets

Upcoming Events

26 September 2023, New York

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023

16 October 2023, 9:00 AM UTC

Responsible Investing for Insurers 2023

25 October 2023, 2:30 PM UTC

Insurance Risk & Capital Bermuda 2023

4 December 2023, 8:45 AM UTC

Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA 2023

Outsourcing

  • Nassau and Fortress form investment management partnership

  • Generali France and Goodvest join forces for green retirement plan

  • Blackstone: Size matters

  • SunLife HK's CIO on IFRS, rate hikes, geopolitics, and exercising patience

    • People

  • AXA IM appoints head of listed impact equity

  • Jessie Burrows becomes MS Amlin's new CFO

  • Elo searches for new CIO

  • Blackstone loses head of private credit in Europe and APAC

    • Regulation

  • Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) KPIs for Alternative Investments under SFDR

  • Advocacy group takes aim at Sun Life and Manulife's carbon reporting standards

  • Lloyd's and Moody's seek industry standard for carbon disclosures

  • Government should ensure SII UK channels insurers' investments to UK assets, BoE says

    • Systems/Data

  • Insurtech so far failed to meet its promise, Ping An Voyager Fund head says

  • Nassau Financial signs UN PRI

  • Groupama Assicurazioni spells out asset liquidity for each life product

  • Poste Vita trimmed BTPs to 48.3% of portfolio in 2022