Archive

  • APAC Weekly: Japanese lifers' diversified use of asset-intensive reinsurance

    10 March 2026

    Japan's life cedants are risk-controlling their increasing use of asset-intensive reinsurance, says S&P Global Ratings

  • Apollo, Brookfield, KKR and Blackstone spell out Asian plans

    02 March 2026

    From originating assets to buying into insurers, the largest US private assets houses spy opportunity far afield...

  • How to stress-test €600bn worth of private markets assets

    18 February 2026

    As Europe's regulators mull what stressors are best to test a private markets portfolio, managers have some thoughts...

  • APAC Weekly - Who develops AI better: Beijing or Wall Street?

    17 February 2026

    China's Year of the Horse dawns today, and China Life AM and the US PE titans are laying their bets on the future of AI

  • 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

  • Cathay Life commits €25m to fund of European mid-market firm Inflexion PE Partners

    12 February 2026

    CLI has also made recent investments in Lexington Partners, KKR and Advent International funds

  • 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"

  • Taiwan's Cathay Life buys into Lexington Partners' PE fund

    09 February 2026

    Lifer also recently invested in funds of KKR, Octagon Credit, Sunshine AM and Advent

  • KKR's insurance business delivers nearly $2bn of total value in 2025

    06 February 2026

    Financier sees beneficial shrinking in industry's outsourcing rosters