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Greek insurers bemoan low yields on once-tragic local debt
28 June 2021One CIO liquidated a bond originally designed to bail Greece out, for its negative yield to maturity
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The real deal - Europe's insurers primed for G7 infrastructure plan
14 June 2021Leaders of the 'G7' economies announced the 'Build Back Better World' global infrastructure programme, a 'step-change' in their approach to 'mobilise private-sector capital' for the asset class as never before. Europe's insurers stand ready to help, David Walker reports.
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EM infrastructure debt is good - but reg's nuts and bolts need more work
19 May 2021Insurers can't get enough of infrastructure, for both duration and yield. But make it tradeable, standardise its terms and improve creditor rights, and the purse strings would really come loose, as David Walker finds out.
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An alternative for the trials of life in Germany
12 May 2021From infrastructure with low capital charges to multi-credit funds and private equity, German life firms' latest solvency reports reveal chief investment officers want to allocate more to alternatives. David Walker reports
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EM sovereigns at greater risk to physical impacts of climate change
10 May 2021Moody's analysis poses $44bn problem for Europe's insurers
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Eiopa puts hybrid products under cost microscope
13 April 2021Examination includes Europe's €2.9trn unit-linked market
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Generali CIO resigns in major management shake-up
28 January 2021Italian composite creating various new asset management roles
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COVID-19 relief measures drive German public debt increase
31 December 2020Berlin's need for credit jumped markedly in Q3 to fund actions to fight the pandemic
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"Unloved" UK market gets boost from Brexit trade deal success
30 December 2020UK market's future is the €56bn question for Europe's insurers
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EIOPA reveals €236bn hit to insurers' general accounts in Q1
22 September 2020Chief investment officers withstood the carnage in only five EEA countries