Archive

  • What's on insurance CFOs' minds in Europe?

    11 May 2026

    Private credit, macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical risk exercise CFOs' concerns

  • The proof is in the premium - private market assets on trial

    06 May 2026

    Insurers 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

  • Time for insurers to consider value-add real estate lending strategies?

    04 May 2026

    Sunlife's asset manager think so

  • Interview: Swiss Life AM on real estate's next cycle

    22 April 2026

    Jan Plückhahn discusses why real estate is entering a new investment cycle

  • Data centres: The darlings of discussions but not yet of allocation

    02 April 2026

    Insurers' enthusiasm for the sector is tempered by doubts over concentration risk, obsolescence, exits and even whether the assets belong in real estate at all

  • Investing in private markets: Asset-backed finance gaining ground with insurers

    01 April 2026

    Why the asset class is attracting growing attention from insurers, how allocations are evolving in practice, and what risks and constraints investors must navigate

  • Highly predictable cashflow assets - still waiting for the goldrush?

    30 March 2026

    The Solvency UK reforms allowing insurers to invest up to 10% of their MA portfolios in 'highly predictable' cashflow assets launched in June 2024, but its positive impact was not immediately clear

  • Rethinking real estate

    26 March 2026

    For 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.

  • Real Estate giving back allocation to other asset classes, insurers say

    25 March 2026

    Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Investing in Private Markets conference unenthusiastic about data centres

  • IAR private markets 2026: Good securitisation is not financial alchemy

    11 March 2026

    Panel discuss how securitisation has become a strategic tool for insurers' investments