12 December 2024

Does a litigious society pose a greater risk to insurers than global warming?

Analysis

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.
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

News

  • Varma invests €2.3bn in Invesco climate-impact ETF

    13 December 2024

  • PGIM Real Estate backs South Florida industrial asset with $180m

    13 December 2024

  • Mirova takes part in €120m fundraise for French renewables firm

    13 December 2024

  • CDPQ acquires stake in New Zealand mobile tower network

    13 December 2024

  • Diversification of asset classes to continue in 2025, PGIM CEO says

    13 December 2024

  • Charts of the Year - How 2024 looked, in twelve charts

    13 December 2024

  • PGIM Real Estate forms French self-storage assets JV

    12 December 2024

  • M&G Investments signs £60m financing deal with Jersey housing association

    12 December 2024

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

    12 December 2024

  • PIC completes £370m buy-in with Hays Pension Scheme

    12 December 2024

  • MS&AD adds biodiversity assessment to renewables risk assessments

    11 December 2024

  • Blackstone to keep Resolution Life mandate post Nippon Life acquisition

    11 December 2024

  • DWS reaches €323m first close of ESG infrastructure debt strategy

    11 December 2024

  • Just Group completes £17m buy-in deal

    11 December 2024

  • AB appoints head of insurance EMEA and APAC from Wellington Management

    10 December 2024

  • 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

Investment grade private credit focus

Exploring the IG private credit boom

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Market Insights

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Awards

Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025 - UK & Europe

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Most Read
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  2. AB appoints head of insurance EMEA and APAC from Wellington Management
  3. Blackstone to keep Resolution Life mandate post Nippon Life acquisition
  4. Generali Investments appoints chief of investments
  5. NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says
  6. Insurance Asset Risk report: Exploring the IG private credit boom
  7. Just Group completes £17m buy-in deal
  8. Axa IM hails blockchain trials a success
  9. DWS reaches €323m first close of ESG infrastructure debt strategy
  10. MS&AD adds biodiversity assessment to renewables risk assessments

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

  • Varma invests €2.3bn in Invesco climate-impact ETF

  • PGIM Real Estate backs South Florida industrial asset with $180m

  • Diversification of asset classes to continue in 2025, PGIM CEO says

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

  • Varma invests €2.3bn in Invesco climate-impact ETF

  • PGIM Real Estate backs South Florida industrial asset with $180m

  • Diversification of asset classes to continue in 2025, PGIM CEO says

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

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

  • AB appoints head of insurance EMEA and APAC from Wellington Management

  • Generali Investments appoints chief of investments

  • MassMutual elects The Hartford CIO to its board

  • Richard Saldanha returns to Aviva Investors from RLAM

Regulation

  • NAIC's deactivation order could hit private credit investments, Willkie says

  • 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

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