09 December 2024

CIO Interview: Conning worried the Fed is not paying enough attention to inflation

Analysis

04 December 2024

Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'

Tokyo wants Japan to be a nation known for good asset management - a goal that its insurers manifestly desire too
02 December 2024

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

Tech stocks and related companies have had ups and downs, with disappoints, broken promises and a summer wobble - but is it love that's here to stay?
27 November 2024

Europe vs the US in 2025: Which is the better placed to boom?

"Lost decade" of poor European equities is over according to DWS's new global CIO, but US could be better placed for growth
25 November 2024

Green shoots for insurers' understanding of natural capital?

Comparisons between investors' grip on climate and biodiversity show there's plenty of areas in which to grow on the latter, but lessons and benefits can be taken from net-zero approaches
21 November 2024

Has ESG become the ugly duckling of sustainability?

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's recent Responsible Investing for Insurers event discuss the difference between ESG and Impact Investing, as well as some of the challenges they are facing while building out their impact portfolios
19 November 2024

Insurance Asset Risk's RI For Insurers: planning and implementing transition strategy

Brendan Abadie, sustainable investments analyst, Phoenix Group, and Insurance Asset Risk staff writer Josh Adcock, were discussing financed emissions versus climate solution enablers, defining transition assets, and competing for assets with banks

News

  • Axa IM hails blockchain trials a success

    10 December 2024

  • Insurance Asset Risk report: Exploring the IG private credit boom

    10 December 2024

  • AllianzGI invests RMB 284m in Chinese private pension firm

    10 December 2024

  • Generali Investments appoints chief of investments

    10 December 2024

  • APAC Weekly - Australia as a nation grappling with climate change, and insurance

    10 December 2024

  • a.s.r. loosens rules on defence industry investments

    09 December 2024

  • ECB to stay rates course with 25bps cut this week, AllianzGI says

    09 December 2024

  • Folksam acquires Stockholm hotel property

    09 December 2024

  • 'Wild OATs' - Michel Barnier's €300bn headache for French CIOs

    09 December 2024

  • Folksamgruppen acquires SEK 3.6bn office project

    06 December 2024

  • Varma invests €500m in Japanese climate ETF

    06 December 2024

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

    06 December 2024

  • Direct Line and Aviva investment portfolios compared

    06 December 2024

  • MassMutual elects The Hartford CIO to its board

    06 December 2024

  • Chart of the Week - Lapse risk and where it emerged in Italy

    06 December 2024

  • Disorderly climate transition could cut insurer investment returns by 23% by 2050, Ortec Finance finds

    05 December 2024

  • Poor fixed income investment outlook for Europe in 2025, AllianzGI says

    05 December 2024

  • New manager launches to meet bulk annuity matching assets demand

    05 December 2024

  • Richard Saldanha returns to Aviva Investors from RLAM

    05 December 2024

  • MEAG acquires French logistics development

    05 December 2024

  • PGIM Real Estate refinances US multifamily property

    04 December 2024

  • Rothesay completes £50m BPA deal with Avimo

    04 December 2024

  • European insurers resilient to rates in 2025, Fitch says

    04 December 2024

  • Mirova creates new real assets structure

    03 December 2024

  • BoE calls for increased transparency around PE-backed (re)insurers' exposures

    03 December 2024

  • Nuveen backs Australian PBSA transformation project

    03 December 2024

  • APAC Weekly - Is outsourcing being instrumentalised for national strategies?

    03 December 2024

  • MetLife IM appoints global head of insurance asset management and liability solutions

    02 December 2024

  • M&G Investments to adopt 'Sustainability Impact' label for fund

    02 December 2024

Investment grade private credit focus

Exploring the IG private credit boom

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Market Insights

How insurers can harness prime opportunities within direct lending

Conditions within the rapidly growing direct lending market have changed in recent times, opening up prime opportunities for insurers at the more conservative end of the spectrum

Insurance solutions: Rise of the residential whole loan

Given the potential for yield and capital efficiency, residential whole loan mortgages have been the fastest growing asset class in life insurers' investment allocations in recent years.

Awards

Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025 - UK & Europe

The awards formally recognise the very best in insurance asset management for the UK and European markets. Submit entries by Friday 13th December
Most Read
  1. Direct Line and Aviva investment portfolios compared
  2. Varma invests €500m in Japanese climate ETF
  3. Mapfre AM to unify investment process for public and private assets
  4. Chart of the Week - Lapse risk and where it emerged in Italy
  5. MetLife IM appoints global head of insurance asset management and liability solutions
  6. MassMutual elects The Hartford CIO to its board
  7. Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'
  8. New manager launches to meet bulk annuity matching assets demand
  9. BoE calls for increased transparency around PE-backed (re)insurers' exposures
  10. Folksamgruppen acquires SEK 3.6bn office project

Focus on the USA

More on the USA
09 December 2024

CIO Interview: Conning worried the Fed is not paying enough attention to inflation

Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Cindy Beaulieu, Conning's CIO for North America, to discuss the recent presidential election, the effect a second Trump administration could have on insurers, and the prospects for asset classes and investment risk in 2025.
27 November 2024

Europe vs the US in 2025: Which is the better placed to boom?

"Lost decade" of poor European equities is over according to DWS's new global CIO, but US could be better placed for growth

  • Poor fixed income investment outlook for Europe in 2025, AllianzGI says

  • PGIM Real Estate refinances US multifamily property

  • MetLife IM appoints global head of insurance asset management and liability solutions

  • CDPQ backs $200m funding round for sustainable real assets fund

  • Poor fixed income investment outlook for Europe in 2025, AllianzGI says

  • PGIM Real Estate refinances US multifamily property

  • MetLife IM appoints global head of insurance asset management and liability solutions

  • CDPQ backs $200m funding round for sustainable real assets fund

Spotlight: CIO interviews

06 November 2024

How is Aviva balancing the influx of BPA business?

Ashish Dafria, CIO at Aviva, and Barry Fowler, director, insurance and investment solutions at Aviva Investors, discuss how the two businesses are working together on the ever-plentiful number of BPA deals being done
16 October 2024

The art of fishing in more than one pond at F&G

Chief investment officer Leena Punjabi discusses the US insurer's investment strategy, its partnership with Blackstone, and where the investment opportunities currently lie.
09 October 2024

Pricing in the benefits of old age

Genworth chief investment officer Kelly Saltzgaber explains how the US insurer makes the most of its liabilities characteristics to find yield in duration and illiquid assets
02 October 2024

Guardian's partnership with HPS Investment Partners

CIO Nick Liolis explains why Guardian is going against the PE tide, by taking a minority stake in HPS Investment Partners

Outsourcing

  • Varma invests €500m in Japanese climate ETF

  • Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'

  • APAC Weekly - Is outsourcing being instrumentalised for national strategies?

  • HANSAINVEST Real Assets announces filling of Essen offices

People

  • Generali Investments appoints chief of investments

  • MassMutual elects The Hartford CIO to its board

  • Richard Saldanha returns to Aviva Investors from RLAM

  • Mirova creates new real assets structure

Regulation

  • BoE calls for increased transparency around PE-backed (re)insurers' exposures

  • M&G Investments to adopt 'Sustainability Impact' label for fund

  • European insurers' ratings safe from EIOPA fossil surcharges, Fitch says

  • Complacency is key risk to watch for, Swiss Re's Haegeli warns

Systems/Data

  • 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?

  • Winners of the 2024 Insurance Asset Risk North America awards