Great-West sells Putnam to Franklin Templeton for $1bn
Insurer will allocate $25bn to Franklin Templeton as part of deal
Insurer will allocate $25bn to Franklin Templeton as part of deal
Highlighting parallel investment in real estate equity as a "differentiator" for the firm
Treasury does not have to default for US to be downgraded, says chief rating officer
Europe's CIOs are being challenged as never before to get investment and regulatory trade-offs right in portfolios. David Walker finds a tool built to help
Whether they love them or hate them, Europe's CIOs hold shares, directly and in funds they came to about one-fifth of their GAs in Q3 2023. Appreciating or reviling the exposure may rather depend on the year, David Walker reports
Industry's $600bn commercial mortgage loan holdings most at risk from market crash
Who will lead on the relationship with parent company Allianz
Cindy Beaulieu named CIO of Conning North America
Complexity premium is the new vogue term for insurers, says Nuveen
Amidst underwhelming China mainland results, with total revenue declining 5.9% year-on-year
International Congress of Actuaries discusses climate scenarios, inter-disciplinary work and portfolio risk management
While European CIOs welcomed debt yields heating up again in 2022, for Italians BTPs underwent a truly combustible expansion, David Walker finds
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With inflation returning and investors on the hunt for stable yields, insurance companies should explore how an infrastructure debt allocation can support their investment strategy.
Emerging market debt can be dogged by misperceptions. But EMD has shown relative resilience in a tough environment, and EMD portfolios can be customized to meet a range of distinct requirements for insurers.
It's been an awfully long time coming, but yields on long-dated JGBs are becoming genuinely attractive to many Japanese CIOs - maybe for the first time in their careers, David Walker reports
The CBIRC is reportedly being dissolved and its duties transferred. David Walker finds an industry praising the modernising, improving impetus behind its work on C-ROSS Phase II, to benefit risk management and China's society more generally
Financing the energy transition across Asia is often described as one uniform path whose trajectory differs from Europe's and North America's due to APAC's fossil fuel reliance. But there may be as many paths taken within APAC as there are nations involved, David Walker finds
US climate change politics have hit a turning point. What started off as mild disgruntlement against woke investing now looks to have turned into an all-out war by right-leaning states against climate siders. It is enough to make the head spin. Sarfraz Thind reports
As the APAC population ages, insurers, asset managers and governments are among those seeking solutions to an emerging challenge: funding retirement. DWS's Ellen Yang is working to bring reinsurers' balance sheet to that equation, for the benefit of all, she tells David Walker
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