Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

    18 February 2025

    From investments in China to underwriting risks in Japan, APAC's insurers are spreading their risks - with one notable exception

  • Sompo cites accelerated strategic divestments for best ever December quarter

    17 February 2025

    Japanese group also sold JPY 21.3bn of local bonds as rates start rising

  • MS&AD more than triples gains on securities sales as keiretsu sell-off continues

    17 February 2025

    Japan's large groups are offloading strategic equity stakes known as keiretsu

  • APAC Weekly - India opens GA-floodgates for local investments, or maybe not...

    04 February 2025

    India's federal budget for 2025/2026 is removing the FDI cap for insurers, but with GA-strings attached. CUOs may love it, but will CIOs take the bait?

  • Japanese insurers flock to country's Asset Owner Principles

    02 January 2025

    Government distributed precepts for institutional investors in August

  • MS&AD adds biodiversity assessment to renewables risk assessments

    11 December 2024

    Following the "rapid expansion" of renewable energy adoption in Japan

  • Investments blow tailwinds in three MS&AD units, in 1H results

    20 November 2024

    Bond-value recoveries, equity sell-downs and better results benefit non-life, life and foreign divisions

  • Chart of the Week - Japan's largest groups reveal GA changes after strategic equity sales

    15 November 2024

    All Japan's large non-life insurers are eliminating their long-term cross-holdings in other companies

  • MS&AD reveals investment plans for proceeds from strategic equity sales

    11 November 2024

    Japanese composite also reveals outsourcing plans for portfolio

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers bare their teeth, when necessary, in shareholder votes

    11 October 2024

    From climate to female-friendliness, scandals to poison pill defences, Japan's insurers explain when they back, or reject, investees