Archive

  • Moody's warns US lifers issuing FABNs to limit ALM and liquidity risks

    05 March 2026

    Athene, New York Life and Metlife were industry's most prolific issuers, in 2025

  • 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"

  • 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

  • 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

  • Apollo emphasises $24bn defensive positioning and low software exposure at Athene

    10 February 2026

    AGM CEO predicts rivals saving capital with Cayman Islands units "will end badly"

  • Private credit: the feel-good factor?

    03 December 2025

    Part IV of a private credit story, following a Kishōtenketsu narrative

  • Private credit: are headline news and underlying performance one and the same?

    26 November 2025

    Part III of a private credit story, following a Kishōtenketsu narrative

  • Private credit: an evolution of skills, a revolution of relations

    19 November 2025

    Part II of a private credit story, following a Kishōtenketsu narrative

  • US lifers' appetite accelerating for privately-rated and unrated FI, Moody's Ratings finds

    14 November 2025

    Athene US has second lowest proportional exposure among large peers

  • A private credit story, following a Kishōtenketsu narrative

    12 November 2025

    A panel at Insurance Asset Risk's 2025 Bermuda conference reveals the benefits, skills needed, risks and future of private credit investing