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Do rising rates signal a volte-face by reinsurers on illiquid assets?
12 September 2022With RVS in Monte Carlo well underway, Abbie Wood spoke to industry experts to learn how rising interest rates could push reinsurers away from the illiquid assets from which they once sought yield... but not all the experts agree.
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The NAIC's alternative to agency ratings
07 September 2022Ahead of the end of the public comment period next week on potential changes to the NAIC's reliance on rating agencies, Amnon Levy and Bill Poutsiaka explore the implications of such changes for insurers
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Investment horizon broadens in Asia as rates rise
25 August 2022As rates finally rise again, new investment opportunities are gradually re-opening for the region's CIOs, as David Walker finds out
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Residential on the rise
23 August 2022Residential assets are a hot topic, but is the trend in conversation correlated to a trend in asset allocation? And do these assets really provide the inflation protection that some hope for? Abbie Wood asks
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Swimming with sharks
16 August 2022From the cut-throat trading floor of the 'King of Wall Street' to the slow-moving insurance investment industry, Rip Reeves, soon-to-retire CIO at AEGIS Insurance, reflects on his career, today's challenges for CIOs, and making the move from 'firstborn' to 'ugly offspring'. Interview by Vincent Huck
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The Evolving CLO Regulatory Landscape
09 August 2022Amnon Levy looks at the changes to the treatment of CLOs that are being considered by the NAIC and insurance regulators and questions their risk profile against equally rated corporate bonds - how do their lifetime risks stack up?
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Real assets: the inflation hedge
02 August 2022Inflation is eroding insurer portfolios and not much has worked to counter it. At Insurance Asset Risk's US webinar on real assets, panellists discussed the value of using these assets as an inflation hedge. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Navigating the credit market
26 July 2022Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference considered how best to navigate credit as an asset class in a challenging environment of increased inflation and interest rates. Abbie Wood reports
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Us versus them: finding the balance between regulators and the industry's objectives
19 July 2022Are regulators the heroes, guarantors of policyholder protection, while insurers are the villains in search of investment return? Not quite, Abbie Wood finds out.
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The death of life insurance
13 July 2022They were the bane of life for many CIOs, but a rich source of outsourcing for asset managers. Are traditional life policies - and their challenges for investing - now dead? David Walker investigates