02 October 2024

Nick Liolis on Guardian's partnership with HPS Investment Partners

Analysis

01 October 2024

Sustainability Charter for the bulk annuity process

Cléo Fitzsimons, head of sustainability at PIC, describes the benefits of the recently adopted charter
26 September 2024

Reading the tea leaves: How are CIOs preparing for lower rates?

Asymmetric risk visible in a lot of asset classes at the moment, audience hears at Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2024
23 September 2024

The thorny regulatory issue of PE and Bermudian re/insurers

The BMA has its sights set on parent-originated illiquid investments in the GAs of Bermuda's underwriters
18 September 2024

IAR North America 2024: Geopolitics and recession top of audience's risk concerns

Panellists at Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2024 react

16 September 2024

IAR North America 2024 round up

Insurance Risk and Capital Americas, an Insurance Asset Risk and InsuranceERM conference, took place on 16 September tackling regulation, private credit and illiquidity considerations amongst other topics

News

  • M&G appoints LV= alum to develop £62bn PruFund range

    03 October 2024

  • EDF Invest takes 50% stake in Generali France logistics portfolio

    03 October 2024

  • Insurers hint at hedge fund love-in

    02 October 2024

  • Ares veterans jump ship to join Nuveen Real Estate

    02 October 2024

  • AEW acquires site for German last-mile logistics development

    02 October 2024

  • Axa Hong Kong's head of financial risk moves to FWD

    02 October 2024

  • Expect structural volatility to return in 2025, AllianzGI says

    01 October 2024

  • SLAM appoints former Tesco Pension Investment CIO as non-exec

    01 October 2024

  • Swiss Life Asset Managers JV buys Paris office building for €173m

    01 October 2024

  • MEAG takes first step into battery energy storage market

    01 October 2024

  • APAC Weekly - Forking paths for insurers in APAC's powerhouses: China and Hong Kong

    01 October 2024

  • Schroders sees avalanche of new leadership appointments

    30 September 2024

  • PRA focused on rising volumes of BPA deals

    30 September 2024

  • Manulife US Real Estate Management sells California office building to pay off debt

    30 September 2024

  • Axa IM on track for net-zero targets, but coal remains a sticking point

    30 September 2024

  • KKR and BBVA sign $200m climate infra investment deal

    30 September 2024

  • Northern Trust appoints new head of global institutional client group

    27 September 2024

  • Amundi launches Indian government bonds ETF

    27 September 2024

  • Generali launches new fund with Blackstone

    27 September 2024

  • CDPQ acquires minority stake in UK hydropower company from Brookfield

    27 September 2024

  • Macif launches €50m biodiversity fund

    27 September 2024

  • Chart of the Week - Solvency capital at Bermuda's re/insurers, revisited

    27 September 2024

  • Resolution Life completes PRT deal

    27 September 2024

  • Dai-ichi Life invests in Sakana AI tech startup

    26 September 2024

  • Governments should "auction out" their net-zero transformation, Allianz's Thallinger argues

    26 September 2024

  • PRA advises insurers to prepare for upcoming changes

    26 September 2024

Webinar

15 October 2024, 3:00 PM BST

2024 Election Outlook and Investment Implications

Join this Insurance Asset Risk and AllianceBernstein webinar to hear experts discuss how politics shapes the insurance market and how insurance CIO's hedge geopolitical risk.

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

The shifting IG private credit markets in the US and the UK

William Gibbons, senior insurance investment consultant at Mercer, based in the UK and Stephanie Thomes, senior insurance investment consultant within the same firm but based in the US spoke to Insurance Asset Risk about how the US and the UK differ in their investment grade private security markets.
Most Read
  1. PRA focused on rising volumes of BPA deals
  2. Schroders sees avalanche of new leadership appointments
  3. KKR and BBVA sign $200m climate infra investment deal
  4. Axa IM on track for net-zero targets, but coal remains a sticking point
  5. Chart of the Week - Solvency capital at Bermuda's re/insurers, revisited
  6. Sustainability Charter for the bulk annuity process
  7. MEAG takes first step into battery energy storage market
  8. SLAM appoints former Tesco Pension Investment CIO as non-exec
  9. Manulife US Real Estate Management sells California office building to pay off debt
  10. Generali launches new fund with Blackstone

Focus on the USA

More on the USA
02 October 2024

Nick Liolis on Guardian's partnership with HPS Investment Partners

Guardian is going against the PE tide, by taking a minority stake in HPS Investment Partners
26 September 2024

Reading the tea leaves: How are CIOs preparing for lower rates?

Asymmetric risk visible in a lot of asset classes at the moment, audience hears at Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2024

  • Manulife US Real Estate Management sells California office building to pay off debt

  • Governments should "auction out" their net-zero transformation, Allianz's Thallinger argues

  • L&G-backed impact investor receives $5m from Prosper Africa

  • "IRA is best piece of industrial policy of the last 50 years globally," Macquarie's Ben Way says

  • Manulife US Real Estate Management sells California office building to pay off debt

  • Governments should "auction out" their net-zero transformation, Allianz's Thallinger argues

  • L&G-backed impact investor receives $5m from Prosper Africa

  • "IRA is best piece of industrial policy of the last 50 years globally," Macquarie's Ben Way says

Spotlight: Real Assets

12 August 2024

Battery energy storage: Is it ready for primetime?

Insurers seem split on if the time is right to invest in battery energy storage, or if the risks are still too great
07 August 2024

From the Gothic Dom Tower to wind and solar farms, the a.s.r. way

How the dutch insurer is navigating its way through renewables investing in the Netherlands
24 July 2024

M&G's insurance CIO on managing a £1bn office real estate project

Ciaran Mulligan, chief investment officer at M&G's treasury & investment office, discusses how the group's life business' private markets exposure
08 July 2024

Hydrogen is developing quickly, but are insurers brave enough to take a punt?

The US government is pouring cash into newer renewables technologies in an effort to get them to scale and attract private investment

Outsourcing

  • Macif launches €50m biodiversity fund

  • CNP Vita Assicura gives Ostrum AM €15.6bn listed assets mandate

  • Schroders receives £270m mandate from Metfriendly

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

People

  • Ares veterans jump ship to join Nuveen Real Estate

  • Nick Liolis on Guardian's partnership with HPS Investment Partners

  • Axa Hong Kong's head of financial risk moves to FWD

  • SLAM appoints former Tesco Pension Investment CIO as non-exec

Regulation

  • PRA focused on rising volumes of BPA deals

  • PRA advises insurers to prepare for upcoming changes

  • NZAOA members increasingly allocate to climate solutions

  • PRA plans to publish final set of Solvency UK rules in November

Systems/Data

  • Dai-ichi Life invests in Sakana AI tech startup

  • 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