19 May 2025

The Trump administration as a Netflix drama: What happens in the next season?

Analysis

15 May 2025

'Beyond bonds' - Lloyd's syndicates' taste for 'variable return' assets

Fixed income is not set in stone for Lloyd's syndicates' CIOs, who are also investigating more esoteric assets
14 May 2025

Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

Michael Eakins gives funky interview to Insurance Asset Risk after receiving his second CIO of the year award
12 May 2025

Return of public market assets? Or does private still hold sway?

Delegates at Insurance Asset Risk's Real Assets conference 2025 in London heard panellists discuss the complex interplay and relative benefits of public and private assets in portfolio construction amidst the current global backdrop
08 May 2025

SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors

Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show
07 May 2025

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

News

  • Chubb appoints new chief investment officer

    20 May 2025

  • Phoenix Group calls for redesign of UK National Wealth Fund to help unlock green investment

    20 May 2025

  • APAC Weekly - Hong Kong's FWD reveals outsourcing details in IPO plans

    20 May 2025

  • Axa's SFCR reveals details of €19bn in life policy surrender volumes for 2024

    20 May 2025

  • AllianzGI backs Meta AGM proposal to phase out dual-class share structures

    20 May 2025

  • US bond market is in disinflation disbelief, Manulife IM says

    19 May 2025

  • Taiwan lifers took NT$47bn FX hit but made NT$150bn gains from foreign investments by February

    19 May 2025

  • Taiwan's lifers make outsourcing commitments to Northleaf Capital and AH Capital funds

    19 May 2025

  • Insurers join EM climate change investment taskforce

    16 May 2025

  • Manulife IM appoints global head and CIO of agriculture

    16 May 2025

  • L&G makes $50m private credit investment in Icelandic renewable power firm

    16 May 2025

  • BaFin warns of credit risks as private debt holdings approach 30% at some insurers

    16 May 2025

  • Chart of the Week - European CFOs' ongoing appetite for private markets investments

    16 May 2025

  • Fitch puts five Taiwanese lifers on negative ratings watches amid FX volatility

    16 May 2025

  • Investors are overlooking India, AllianzGI says

    15 May 2025

  • Comment: Strangers on a train...discuss CIO's appetite for farmland, and the Zu-burudabedda

    15 May 2025

  • Investors face US dollar currency risk, AllianzGI says

    15 May 2025

  • M&G acquires residential scheme in the Netherlands

    15 May 2025

  • S&P Global estimates 30% net FX mismatch at Taiwan lifers

    15 May 2025

  • Balancing UK growth and returns for pensioners in the Mansion House Accord

    14 May 2025

Market Insight

STS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios

The Simple, Transparent and Standardised asset-backed security (STS ABS) market can offer attractive potential risk-adjusted returns to complement an exposure to high-quality corporate and government bonds.

Infrastructure debt: The long game

A core asset class for insurance balance sheets throughout the economic cycle.

Event

10 June 2025, 8:50 AM

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025

Free for re/insurers, regulators and supervisors, please email events@fieldgibsonmedia.com to receive an invitation.
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  1. BaFin warns of credit risks as private debt holdings approach 30% at some insurers
  2. Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins
  3. Chart of the Week - European CFOs' ongoing appetite for private markets investments
  4. Manulife IM appoints global head and CIO of agriculture
  5. Investors face US dollar currency risk, AllianzGI says
  6. EM Corporate Debt: An Underappreciated Opportunity for Insurers?
  7. L&G makes $50m private credit investment in Icelandic renewable power firm
  8. Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024
  9. Sompo AM reshuffles senior roles from New York to London
  10. APAC Weekly - NFRA head and other Chinese heavy-hitters vow to fight Trump's tariff war

Spotlight: Emerging Markets 2025

EM Corporate Debt: An Underappreciated Opportunity for Insurers?

Elisabeth Colleran, CFA, Portfolio Manager of Loomis Sayles' Emerging Market Debt Strategy, explores the implications of tariffs on EM economies and discusses how the broader EM landscape offers potential for diverse sources of growth, resilience and adaptability in the face of trade disruptions.
24 February 2025

Why non-life CIOs may struggle in fight for APAC's spare capital

An APAC bond yield of 2.4%? Or an insurance operation's 19%? Take your pick...
13 January 2025

Driving the sustainable infra highway

Jérôme Jean Haegeli discusses how and why sustainable infrastructure needs to become a tradeable asset class
01 January 2025

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the riskier of them all?

CIOs from Hong Kong to New York and London to Bermuda, share the top risks on their mind

Focus on Asia Pacific

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07 May 2025

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
24 June 2025, 8:00 AM

Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2025

Exploring insurer investment and asset allocation strategies amidst market volatility and rising interest rates.

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  • APAC Weekly - Hong Kong's FWD reveals outsourcing details in IPO plans

  • Taiwan lifers took NT$47bn FX hit but made NT$150bn gains from foreign investments by February

  • Taiwan's lifers make outsourcing commitments to Northleaf Capital and AH Capital funds

  • Manulife IM appoints global head and CIO of agriculture

  • Fitch puts five Taiwanese lifers on negative ratings watches amid FX volatility

  • Investors are overlooking India, AllianzGI says

  • Comment: Strangers on a train...discuss CIO's appetite for farmland, and the Zu-burudabedda

  • Investors face US dollar currency risk, AllianzGI says

Outsourcing

  • Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

  • Sompo AM reshuffles senior roles from New York to London

  • Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024

  • Schroders takes £2.1bn management mandate for Scottish Friendly

People

  • Chubb appoints new chief investment officer

  • Insurers join EM climate change investment taskforce

  • Raft of insurers sign new Mansion House Accord, but Scottish Widows demurs

  • APAC Weekly - NFRA head and other Chinese heavy-hitters vow to fight Trump's tariff war

Regulation

  • Phoenix Group calls for redesign of UK National Wealth Fund to help unlock green investment

  • Comment: Will the world's next Sage of Omaha come from...Beijing?

  • NFRA pushes sci-tech as destination for insurance funds

  • Lower C-Ross capital charge will boost shareholdings, says Fitch

Systems/Data

  • Winners of the 2025 Insurance Asset Risk EMEA awards

  • 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?