26 September 2023

Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference round up

Analysis

02 October 2023

Are utilities a more risky business than investors think?

With recent turbulence in the water utilities sector, the traditional image of utilities as low-risk, highly regulated and stable assets may have been upended - but do insurers still view the sector as a safe bet?
25 September 2023

Bought-into the PRT market hype?

Pension risk transfers in the US have seen record years, a trend set to continue in 2023. Aon senior partner Ari Jacobs discusses the drivers for that boom.
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.
18 September 2023

"The Fed's medicine is working"

Ahead of his intervention at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference, Thomas Holzheu, chief economist Americas, deputy head of group economic research and strategy at Swiss Re, discusses the macro-economic and geopolitical outlook.

News

Event

Insurance Risk & Capital Bermuda 2023

The leading event for CROs and CIOs at re/insurer

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.
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Focus on the USA

More on USA
26 September 2023

Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference round up

The conference was held in New York on 26 September and highlighted key opportunities in private markets as well as challenges in the regulatory space
25 September 2023

Bought-into the PRT market hype?

Pension risk transfers in the US have seen record years, a trend set to continue in 2023. Aon senior partner Ari Jacobs discusses the drivers for that boom.

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

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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

  • M&G Investments makes new institutional distribution appointments

  • Robeco appoints Nick King as head of ETFs

  • AXA IM appoints head of listed impact equity

  • Jessie Burrows becomes MS Amlin's new CFO

    • Regulation

  • Chart of the Week - How to spice up the MA? Loosening cashflow fixity for MA assets

  • Bank of England opens consultation on MA reforms

  • Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2023 conference round up

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

    • 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