Archive

  • Watford Re reports 35% drop in investment income in Q3

    30 October 2019

    Hedge fund reinsurer hit by wider high yield spreads

  • To outsource the CIO, or not?

    29 October 2019

    While outsourced CIOs have been predominantly used in the pension space up until now, small US insurers are increasingly seeing the benefits of such a move. But insurers' needs differ widely from those of pension funds, and service providers will need to prove their worth to win mandates. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Apollo doubles stake in Athene

    28 October 2019

    Asset manager now holds 35% of insurer with $1.5bn stock acquisition

  • US insurers most concerned by late stage credit cycle

    24 October 2019

    Private and structured debt in demand, Cerulli report finds

  • Q&A: the love affair between US insurers and structured products

    24 October 2019

    Michelle Russell-Dowe, head of securitised credit at Schroders, discusses the benefits of structured products for insurers’ investments and warns of growing risk in the market. Interview by Sarfraz Thind

  • IAR Americas: CIOs and CROs coyer than EU counterparts on climate-risk responsibilities

    23 October 2019

    Potentially betraying the US lateness in tackling the issue

  • L&G appoints heads of US and Europe infra debt

    22 October 2019

    Lecointe and Devenney to help expand LGIM’s £3.9bn real assets portfolio

  • Manulife IM launches secondary markets investment business

    22 October 2019

    Appoints Hammer and Sanabria to lead new private asset-focused division

  • Metlife invests $125m in New York office complex

    18 October 2019

    Property in Long Island hosts medical companies

  • Progressive sees 35% jump in investment income

    16 October 2019

    Includes a $540m unrealised gain in first nine months of year