11 September 2024

CIO Interview: Elo's Jonna Ryhänen

Analysis

09 September 2024

Illiquidity in Bermudian investment portfolios

Bermudian groups' fair value hierarchies in 2023 analysed by Insurance Risk Data
04 September 2024

Private market impact investing is no longer a PE, EM game

Managers highlight impact opportunities in private credit and say blended finance is no longer the only way
02 September 2024

Interview: Phoenix/Schroders JV - playing the trend

Sam Tufts, head of strategy and solutions in the asset management team at Phoenix, discusses the joint venture with Schroders, its objectives and how it will work in practice
28 August 2024

Comment: A new dawn in investment oversight: An update from the 2024 NAIC summer meeting

Amnon Levy describes recent developments at the NAIC to modernize investment oversight
26 August 2024

Trends in insurance are feeding into consolidation moves in asset management

Moody's senior vice president Benjamin Serra discusses the latest trends in insurance and asset management and how they feed into each other
21 August 2024

Did the Fed miss a trick?

Headaches at the Fed and what they mean for insurers

News

  • Amundi appoints new deputy group CIO

    13 September 2024

  • MEAG backs US fibre broadband business

    13 September 2024

  • Chart of the Week: IMAs between Bermuda's re/insurers and asset managers revealed in forthcoming research

    13 September 2024

  • M&G Investments launches China fund

    12 September 2024

  • Prudential Financial completes $6bn PRT agreement with IBM

    12 September 2024

  • PGIM opens office in Abu Dhabi to enter Middle East Market

    12 September 2024

  • PGIM Real Estate expands international equity team

    11 September 2024

  • Manulife acquires US data centre business

    11 September 2024

  • CDPQ backs US energy developer Énergir

    11 September 2024

  • APAC Weekly - Equity returns take off in Chinese giants' 1H results

    10 September 2024

  • Just Group completes buy-in with Charities Aid Foundation Pension Scheme

    10 September 2024

  • Falling cyber preparedness could leave portfolios exposed, Beazley suggests

    10 September 2024

  • Reinsurers prepared for interest rate cuts, ratings agencies say

    10 September 2024

  • Aviva Investors and LGIM join call to curb the spread of superbugs

    10 September 2024

  • Nuveen snaps up Italian solar portfolio from Greenvolt Power

    09 September 2024

  • Aviva Investors further expands European Real Estate team

    09 September 2024

  • LGIM and Aviva Investors join UK equity markets forum

    09 September 2024

  • Value of US+UK PRT markets to exceed £250bn in next three years, L&G says

    06 September 2024

  • Robeco launches high income green bond strategy in credit space

    06 September 2024

  • Axa IM Alts acquires private debt and private equity firm Capza

    06 September 2024

  • South Korean insurers' net earnings rose 3% in H1, all thanks to non-life firms

    06 September 2024

  • BMA reveals private credit investment weightings among Bermuda's asset-intensive re/insurers

    06 September 2024

  • Bermuda regulator assesses the risks and rewards of insurers' private credit holdings

    06 September 2024

  • Chart of the week - Macroeconomics of climate change, short term pains for long term gains

    06 September 2024

  • Generali Investments' Infranity launches €1.5bn debt fund

    05 September 2024

  • Lloyds to launch US dollar fund on investment platform

    05 September 2024

Market insight

Liquidity optimisation for insurers: Building a bespoke portfolio solution

Access to cash and cash-equivalents has come into greater focus in the wake of recent market events and regulatory changes. Regulators around the world have been asking investors to hold more liquidity and/or placing greater emphasis on existing rules.

IG Private credit focus

More comfortable down the curve

US-based Brett Sullivan, head of alternative investments for Allianz Life, speaks Risk about the thinking behind the investments made in private credit.

Event

16 September 2024, New York

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2024

The original CROs and CIOs hub for the insurance industry
Most Read
  1. Manulife acquires US data centre business
  2. Illiquidity in Bermudian investment portfolios
  3. CDPQ backs US energy developer Énergir
  4. APAC Weekly - Equity returns take off in Chinese giants' 1H results
  5. PGIM Real Estate expands international equity team
  6. Prudential Financial completes $6bn PRT agreement with IBM
  7. Reinsurers prepared for interest rate cuts, ratings agencies say
  8. More comfortable down the curve
  9. CIO Interview: Elo's Jonna Ryhänen
  10. Aviva Investors and LGIM join call to curb the spread of superbugs

Spotlight: Responsible Investing 2024

13 June 2024

Biomethane - the next big thing in European renewables, Mapfre says

Spanish insurer is investing in biomethane plants across Spain and is even eyeing a second fund to further bolster its place in the burgeoning market
27 May 2024

CIO Interview: Pre-determined green target setting can be dangerous, AG Insurance's Wim Vermeir says

Insurance Asset Risk sits down to talk with AG Insurance's veteran CIO Wim Vermeir about green targets and the perils of investing in new technology
13 May 2024

From khaki to green: How are insurer's approaching investing in newer renewables technologies?

From biogas to battery storage to hydrogen, new technologies in the renewables sector are plentiful, but when is the right time to invest?

  • CDPQ backs US energy developer Énergir

  • Nuveen snaps up Italian solar portfolio from Greenvolt Power

  • Robeco launches high income green bond strategy in credit space

  • Chart of the week - Macroeconomics of climate change, short term pains for long term gains

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
05 August 2024

APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries

From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023
30 July 2024

APAC Weekly - What Japan's insurers are about to learn, from Robert the Bruce and a spider

In Japan both lifers and general insurers are facing monumental changes from unwinds of strategic investments underway

  • M&G Investments launches China fund

  • APAC Weekly - Equity returns take off in Chinese giants' 1H results

  • Prudential Financial's PruVen Capital closes $378m startup fund

  • FWD group CIO Andreas Hoffmann to bid farewell to Hong Kong insurer this year

  • M&G Investments launches China fund

  • APAC Weekly - Equity returns take off in Chinese giants' 1H results

  • Prudential Financial's PruVen Capital closes $378m startup fund

  • FWD group CIO Andreas Hoffmann to bid farewell to Hong Kong insurer this year

Outsourcing

  • Chart of the Week: IMAs between Bermuda's re/insurers and asset managers revealed in forthcoming research

  • Illiquidity in Bermudian investment portfolios

  • Fiera Capital hires insurance expert from AllianzGI

  • Swiss Life appoints group CIO

People

  • Amundi appoints new deputy group CIO

  • PGIM opens office in Abu Dhabi to enter Middle East Market

  • PGIM Real Estate expands international equity team

  • Aviva Investors further expands European Real Estate team

Regulation

  • South Korean insurers' net earnings rose 3% in H1, all thanks to non-life firms

  • BMA reveals private credit investment weightings among Bermuda's asset-intensive re/insurers

  • Bermuda regulator assesses the risks and rewards of insurers' private credit holdings

  • Chart of the week - Macroeconomics of climate change, short term pains for long term gains

Systems/Data

  • Liberty Mutual's CVC arm launches new $200m fund

  • AIA Group works with BlackRock to enhance investment management process

  • AllianceBernstein appoints first chief AI officer to help guide investments

  • AVP supports £55m funding round for investment management software business