Archive

  • Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'

    07 June 2024

    Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022

  • Comment: 'Saving democracy' may be the next ESG investment frontier for CIOs

    05 June 2024

    Underwriters are defending democratic values in words and deeds, will CIOs follow suit?

  • MEAG signals positive take on German real estate with Berlin apartment complex purchases

    07 May 2024

    Despite high prices, deal is MEAG's second German real estate acquisition this year

  • The other 'hiking' - Lloyd's syndicate CIOs trek further 'off the beaten path' for alternatives

    25 April 2024

    Yields 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

  • MEAG fibre joint venture acquires broadband network in Germany

    12 April 2024

    Deal sees JV partners fund continuing roll-out of network across Bad Nauheim

  • MEAG acquires mixed-use rental building from Axa IM Alts

    08 April 2024

    Deal for Munich building worth €60m

  • IAR Real Assets conference: Macro risk down, but complacence risk on the rise

    01 April 2024

    Insurers discussed the current macro-economic environment and implications for investing in real assets at Insurance Asset Risk conference

  • Infrastructure is still a good investment for insurers looking for stability, but beware of nuanced risks

    27 March 2024

    Three insurance investors discussed current investment trends in the infrastructure space at Insurance Asset Risk's 2024 investing in real assets conference

  • MEAG completes large-scale Finnish forestry transaction

    05 March 2024

    Munich Re's asset manager adds 33,000 hectares to forestry portfolio

  • Munich Re expects return on investment in 2024 to surpass 2.8%

    01 March 2024

    Amidst improved 2023 investment results and third year of group surpassing overall profit targets