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Core competency - Lloyd's syndicates go outsourcing, and not just for peripheral assets
08 May 2024Lloyd's syndicates hire external help for the core of their general accounts, even if delegating makes more headlines when non-mainstream assets are involved
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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds
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The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives
25 April 2024Yields on core fixed income may have improved with rate hikes of recent years, but some Lloyd's syndicate CIOs have ventured further from the well-trod path, searching for alternatives, as David Walker discovers
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"Bonds are back" - Goldilocks appears for Lloyd's syndicates' fixed income holdings
18 April 2024Not a big bad bear was in sight when syndicates published annual reports in March, but many warned of elevated geopolitical instability risks
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Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?
12 April 2024With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's
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Beazley Furlonge syndicate posts best ever investment performance by some margin in 2023
05 April 2024Equities, focused on US markets and ESG, made over 25%, underwriter says
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Chart of the Week - Lloyd's syndicates and illiquid investments
05 April 2024Analysis reveals which syndicates like 'Level 3' assets most...and how much Apollo's syndicates have
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Lloyd's syndicate CIOs to the rescue - how general accounts could offset underwriting losses in 2023
03 April 2024A few syndicates that lost money underwriting in 2023 found salvation, in their general account performance
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Old dog, new(ish) tricks? Lloyd's CIOs get all esoteric
05 April 2023Lloyd's syndicates have held onto non-mainstream investments even as yields have risen - with some mixed results, David Walker finds
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Beazley Furlonge praises 7% hedge fund returns in 2022
05 April 2023Total portfolio yield was 4.7% by year's end
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