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SFCRs 2025 - German lifers as Europe's hard-core 'non-core' investors
08 May 2025Even after sleepy Bund yields staged a comeback, German life CIOs remain alive to rewards of alternative investments, their SFCRs show
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Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024
01 May 2025For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024
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Illiquidity in Bermudian investment portfolios
09 September 2024Bermudian groups' fair value hierarchies in 2023 analysed by Insurance Risk Data
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APAC insurance groups reveal better investment outcomes for Bermudian subsidiaries
05 August 2024From outsourcing to equity beta data to income leaps, APAC-owned Bermudians reported on an investment job well done, in 2023
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COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Benelux insurers praise outsourcing partners
05 July 2024As Benelux CIOs generally got better news in 2023 and 2022, back-slapping for mandate managers seemed the order of the day
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COTW - Round the World in SFCRs: Greece, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia
28 June 2024SFCRs from southern Europe's insurers contained a mix of epic investment performance, and conservative approaches in 2023
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COTW - Round the World with SFCRs - Iberian peninsula where core fixed income is king
21 June 2024High-grade corporates and debt, mainly local, were dislodged rarely by other investments in Spain's and Portugal's GAs last year
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Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'
07 June 2024Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022
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Round the World with SFCRs - Italy's lapse risk shows no sign of surrendering
03 June 2024A lot of Italians holding life policies made for the exit, early, in 2022, and the pressure on lifers seemed not to ease much in 2023
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Round the World with SFCRs - Lapse risk endures in France as life clients spy 'greener grass'
20 May 2024The risk of customers leaving early remains at French lifers, despite rates softening in 2023, keeping CIOs on alert