Archive

  • APAC Weekly: Japanese lifers' diversified use of asset-intensive reinsurance

    10 March 2026

    Japan's life cedants are risk-controlling their increasing use of asset-intensive reinsurance, says S&P Global Ratings

  • Standard Life's CIO Mike Eakins appointed CEO of PIC

    09 March 2026

    Nuwan Goonetilleke to takeover as interim CIO at Standard Life

  • Apollo, Brookfield, KKR and Blackstone spell out Asian plans

    02 March 2026

    From originating assets to buying into insurers, the largest US private assets houses spy opportunity far afield...

  • James Belardi reveals 11bps of investment impairments at Athene in 2025

    24 February 2026

    CIO of re/insurer says credit markets are "not signalling stress"

  • How to stress-test €600bn worth of private markets assets

    18 February 2026

    As Europe's regulators mull what stressors are best to test a private markets portfolio, managers have some thoughts...

  • APAC Weekly - Who develops AI better: Beijing or Wall Street?

    17 February 2026

    China's Year of the Horse dawns today, and China Life AM and the US PE titans are laying their bets on the future of AI

  • Challenger grows fee income, and plans Bermudian life reinsurance platform

    17 February 2026

    Australian annuities underwriter is part-owned by Apollo Global Management

  • Chart of the Week - CVC concludes happy reporting season, for PE houses owning insurers

    13 February 2026

    EIOPA has crunched the numbers on PE ownership of Europe's lifers, and determined the regulatory path forward

  • CVC reveals extent of capital raisings from insurance industry in 2025

    13 February 2026

    PE house published its 2025 activity update yesterday

  • Results at insurance industry's 'Fabulous Five' PE backers take off

    11 February 2026

    Blackstone, KKR, Brookfield and Apollo make hay from insurance work - and CVC may yet, too