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The proof is in the premium - private market assets on trial
06 May 2026Insurers are hungry for private market assets, but they're expecting managers to provide more data and proof of illiquidity premiums than ever before, according to recent research
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Time for insurers to consider value-add real estate lending strategies?
04 May 2026Sunlife's asset manager think so
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Interview: Swiss Life AM on real estate's next cycle
22 April 2026Jan Plückhahn discusses why real estate is entering a new investment cycle
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Data centres: The darlings of discussions but not yet of allocation
02 April 2026Insurers' enthusiasm for the sector is tempered by doubts over concentration risk, obsolescence, exits and even whether the assets belong in real estate at all
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Rethinking real estate
26 March 2026For years, real estate sat comfortably inside insurers' portfolios: a long-duration asset class offering income, diversification and, in a world of ultra-low interest rates, a relatively easy route to attractive returns.
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Insurance Asset Risk's investing in private markets 2026 round-up
25 February 2026Highlights from the day's discussions
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It's still early innings for Alt IM-owned insurers - what's their play?
28 January 2026Fitch Ratings warns of "elevated losses" if the credit cycle turns and discusses "esoteric" investments
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Outsourcing RT series: Part IV, The future for outsourcing
15 January 2026Insurers give an insight into the primary ways they expect the practice of outsourcing, and the nature of relationships of manager to CIO will change
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Outsourcing RT series: Part III, Outsourcing and private markets assets - a new world for outsourcing?
01 January 2026Insurers explore the potential impact of insurance CIOs increased appetite for non-mainstream, manager-originated assets, on the outsourcing agreements
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Outsourcing RT series: Part II, structuring the modern outsourcing deal: insurers expectation
25 December 2025Insurers examine how, together with their asset managers, they are now structuring outsourcing arrangements