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  • Investing made simpler, in a more complex world, at CNP Assurances

    10 May 2023

    In the second of this three-part interview, chief investment officer Olivier Guigné discusses the current investment landscape for insurers, and where CNP Assurances sees opportunities going froward. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • CNP Assurances in praise of an "all-terrain" investment strategy

    03 May 2023

    Chief investment officer Olivier Guigné, winner of this year's CIO of the year award from Insurance Asset Risk, talks macro economy, why no single scenario should now dominate a CIO's thinking, and why 2023 will be good for credit analysts - but bad for 'zombies'. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Thoughts from a CRO: the problem with CLOs

    17 April 2023

    Will the push into leverage now come back and bite the insurance investors who have been stocking up on CLOs and private credit? Quite possibly, according to Nick Silitch, ex-CRO of Prudential Financial.

  • Lloyd's of London playing the oldest trick in the book

    03 April 2023

    The insurance market's first CIO, Eleanor Bucks, describes her responsibilities and the 'why' and 'how' of the first fund in its newly-formed investment platform. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Global Atlantic's CIO talks shop

    15 March 2023

    Anup Agarwal, CIO, explains why Global Atlantic does not support US insurance regulators proposed changes on structured assets' capital charges calibrations. Interview by Sarfraz Thind

  • A career like a ski line

    08 March 2023

    Insurance Asset Risk's young professional of the year 2023 recipient, Carly Segal, recounts what took her from the ski slopes of Vermont to the fixed income team at JPMAM in London. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • Having fun with private equity investments

    30 January 2023

    A small French mutual insurer tells Insurance Asset Risk how it has become one of the few insurers to make the most of the long-term equity rule in Solvency II... and how it had fun in the process. Vincent Huck reports

  • CRO Perspectives: forty years in the markets

    23 January 2023

    In the first in a series of perspectives for Insurance Asset Risk, Nick Silitch, CRO at Prudential Financial, draws on his experience of 40 years to give thoughts on where the global economy is—and where it is headed. Compiled by Sarfraz Thind

  • Pillar Life CIO's 2022: a year for the ages

    19 December 2022

    Being a small new fish entering the big bad world of insurance investing may have unbalanced some in 2022. But Pillar Life used a deal of foresight in easing itself into one of the more turbulent years of our times. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Zurich pivoting to unit-linked

    21 November 2022

    Group CIO Stephan van Vliet discusses the group's move into unit-linked, Guy Miller, chief market strategist, provides a market outlook and Danielle Brassel, responsible investment analyst, highlights progress on sustainability. Interview by Vincent Huck