Archive

• Can investment consultants build a bridge to insurers?

  09 November 2016

  Chief investment officers tell many tales of incompetent and tactless advisors, but admit they do sometimes need help navigating the investment landscape. David Walker investigates the future of the relationship

• The global trends in insurance investment strategies

  11 May 2016

  Non-US insurers are seeking greater exposure to US securities, while US firms are leading the charge for re-risking, as Benedicte Gravrand reports

• Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

  16 February 2016

  Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

• Conning to acquire specialised credit firm

  06 November 2015

  Octagon brings expertise in CLOs, bank loans and high yield

• Generali licenses Conning software for investment team

  19 October 2015

  Italian insurer will use GEMS ESG for strategic asset allocation

• Insurers tweak fixed-income approaches to be ready for rate rises

  20 August 2015

  There are still many ways to make money in fixed-income amid the uncertainty over when rates will start to tick up. Insurers are adopting varied approaches as they also get ready for the new constraints Solvency II will introduce in just over four months. David Turner reports

• Mark Konyn becomes AIA's group CIO

  18 August 2015

  Joins from Cathay Conning A M

• Asset risk still a concern for Taiwan's life insurers

  28 July 2015

  Fitch reports on shift into overseas fixed-income

• BlackRock stays top of insurance asset manager rankings

  24 June 2015

  Increases lead while J P Morgan shows fastest growth, according to IIOR

• Conning hires equity products director

  07 May 2015

  Townswick will develop strategies for insurers