Archive

  • Brookfield appoints head of financial infrastructure investments

    25 October 2023

    Worldpay veteran Ron Kalifa joins Canadian investor

  • UK insurers looking to make the most of gilts crunch

    11 October 2023

    Gilts are becoming increasingly attractive to some - but not everyone is convinced

  • Bank of England opens consultation on MA reforms

    28 September 2023

    PRA hopes to boost investments in the UK

  • Government should ensure SII UK channels insurers' investments to UK assets, BoE says

    14 September 2023

    Despite £100bn commitment to invest in the UK, some of the money could end up overseas

  • Chart of the week - BoE expects increased corporate debt servicing stress

    25 August 2023

    And what do non-UK European insurers think of UK plc and UK gilts?

  • Bank of England announces system-wide financial markets stress test

    20 June 2023

    BoE plans publishing further details after gathering information this year

  • How best to describe a stuff-up? SFCR writers confront Whitehall's gilts-storm

    01 May 2023

    Remember, remember the 23rd of September - when gilt yields exploded, without a mote of gunpowder in sight. David Walker reads how UK insurers revisited the scene in their SFCRs

  • "Transition is a financial stability and global security crisis, not just about pandas," Aviva Investors' Waygood

    24 April 2023

    A price on carbon at $150/tonne and governments' intervention key for survival of civilisation as we know it, he says

  • Insurers expect 'high-for-longer' rates as central banks play balancing act

    24 March 2023

    US Federal Reserve and BoE rate hikes unsurprising but trajectory depends on economic and market stability

  • Only one-quarter of German insurers use climate scenarios and stress-tests

    05 December 2022

    BaFin warns underwriters model/data hurdles should not hinder their engagement with the risk