24 July 2024

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

Analysis

22 July 2024

Double act: IAR meets AllianceBernstein's first CIO of insurance and his deputy

AllianceBernstein (AB) announced, in April, the appointment of Geoff Cornell, an industry veteran but a company outsider, as its first CIO of insurance.
17 July 2024

Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests

Amid markets, and politicians delivering never-ending stressors of liquidity, insurers at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference discussed how their needs for and measurement of liquidity may have changed in recent years, and the reasons why
15 July 2024

Japan's life CIOs show yen for more than just ultra-long JGBs

JGBs can certainly help Japan's CIOs, in extending beyond 30 years in their duration - but the 'duration' of policyholders in Japan can extend even further. David Walker examines what CIOs can do when hunting for duration, and yield
10 July 2024

Don't be blinded by data scarcity on biodiversity, insurers say

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2024 conference in June broke down the challenges involved in measuring biodiversity risk, sounded notes of optimism for the future, and urged for a new valuation for nature
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

News

  • Hong Kong's Insurance Authority takes control of Tahoe Life

    26 July 2024

  • Investment Delivery Forum to charge up EV infrastructure with new blended finance model

    26 July 2024

  • MetLife overachieves against $1bn diversity investment target ahead of schedule

    26 July 2024

  • Fitch appoints new head of global insurance

    26 July 2024

  • China Life Investment backs infrastructure REIT listings, and national economy, in July

    26 July 2024

  • Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off

    26 July 2024

  • Chart of the Week - Re/insurers ponder 'what if' about looming US elections

    26 July 2024

  • CDPQ backs Quebec data centre campus with $75m senior financing

    25 July 2024

  • ILS managers Twelve Capital and Securis Investment Partners to merge

    25 July 2024

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

    25 July 2024

  • MEAG extends natural capital footprint in New Zealand

    25 July 2024

  • Achmea IM adds over €25bn to its assets in Dutch pensions deal

    25 July 2024

  • Fortitude Re appoints CFO

    25 July 2024

  • Principal and RGA invests $5m in employee benefits start-up

    25 July 2024

  • Europe's insurers near peak GA exposure to borrowers in Washington DC

    25 July 2024

  • Nuveen Infrastructure reaches close on fourth clean energy investment strategy

    24 July 2024

  • Markets to watch election more closely after Biden withdrawal, RLAM says

    24 July 2024

  • INVL's private debt fund backs Latvian startup investor

    24 July 2024

  • Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings

    24 July 2024

  • Tokio Marine announces JPY 57bn tender offer for strategic equity investment by Toyota

    24 July 2024

  • Schroders Greencoat acquires 110 MWp solar portfolio

    23 July 2024

  • Local government pension reform could unlock £40bn in infrastructure investment, PIC says

    23 July 2024

  • EU Solvency II reform a "golden opportunity" to reduce risk margin, Insurance Europe says

    23 July 2024

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

    23 July 2024

Market Insight

Portfolio Finance: Missing a $100+ Billion Annual Opportunity

The rapid expansion of private markets has created an opportunity for investors to earn attractive returns in private IG credit, underpinned by the financing needs of asset managers and funds. Yet this segment of the market remains little known and less understood.

Awards

Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2024 - North Americas

Insurance Asset Risk's Americas Awards formally recognise the very best in insurance asset management in the Americas market. Deadline for entries 5 August 2024.

Event

16 September 2024, New York

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2024

The original CROs and CIOs hub for the insurance industry
Most Read
  1. Japanese earthquake reinsurer backs sustainability-linked bond
  2. M&G's insurance CIO on managing a £1bn office real estate project
  3. Singapore regulator expects more private credit investments as insurers grow assets 7%
  4. Double act: IAR meets AllianceBernstein's first CIO of insurance and his deputy
  5. Parallel lending opportunities becoming more attractive to insurers, Muzinich and Co says
  6. EU Solvency II reform a "golden opportunity" to reduce risk margin, Insurance Europe says
  7. Solvency UK reforms contribute to £100m risk margin reduction for mutuals, Broadstone finds
  8. INVL's private debt fund backs Latvian startup investor
  9. Israeli insurer invests in London hotel portfolio
  10. Local government pension reform could unlock £40bn in infrastructure investment, PIC says

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?

  • Investment Delivery Forum to charge up EV infrastructure with new blended finance model

  • MetLife overachieves against $1bn diversity investment target ahead of schedule

  • MEAG extends natural capital footprint in New Zealand

  • Nuveen Infrastructure reaches close on fourth clean energy investment strategy

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 – Highlights

12 June 2024

Fireside chat with Phoenix's Eakins: The days of insurance investments run by actuaries are gone

Covering geopolitics, macro, AI and sustainability
10 June 2024

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference round up

Geopolitics and its impact on markets running thread of conference's discussions

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Insurers getting to grips with biodiversity risk

  • IAR EMEA 2024: The burgeoning BPA market will continue to break records...

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Liquidity risk management has become more granular in recent years

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Not enough private assets to match BPA liabilities, Just Group says

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Phoenix's Eakins warns of the risk of monetary policy divergence

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Solvency UK consultation welcome, but reforms could go further

  • IAR EMEA 2024: Right-wing political parties' victories herald inflationary themes

Focus on Asia Pacific

More on Asia Pacific
04 July 2024

Election day: How ballot box results are transforming a CIO's job

As geopolitics is "literally shaping markets day-in and day-out", and UK and French electors choose their next governments, Insurance Asset Risk analyses what geopolitical instability might mean for CIOs
20 June 2024

IAR Asia 2024: Are CIOs investors or ALM professionals?

Two chief investment officers discuss their changing responsibilities in light of new regulation at Insurance Asset Risk Asia Conference

  • Hong Kong's Insurance Authority takes control of Tahoe Life

  • Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings

  • Tokio Marine announces JPY 57bn tender offer for strategic equity investment by Toyota

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

  • Hong Kong's Insurance Authority takes control of Tahoe Life

  • Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings

  • Tokio Marine announces JPY 57bn tender offer for strategic equity investment by Toyota

  • APAC Weekly -Insurers tackle the age-old problem of getting younger staff

Outsourcing

  • Everest bolsters institutional investment links with Mt Logan CM platform launch

  • Asset managers not challenged enough on social, Aegon UK head of RI says

  • Liquidity management in an era of liquidity stress-tests

  • French insurers seek asset manager for their biodiversity fund

People

  • Fitch appoints new head of global insurance

  • Fortitude Re appoints CFO

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

  • South Koreans to replace some of KRW 31.3trn foreign CRE with other alts, Fitch predicts

Regulation

  • Hong Kong's Insurance Authority takes control of Tahoe Life

  • Investment Delivery Forum to charge up EV infrastructure with new blended finance model

  • Convex group's investment income soars as 93% fixed income focus pays off

  • Comment: MS&AD treaded carefully in the minefield of unwinding its cross-holdings

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