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• Insurers eye FI investment opportunities in year ahead, research finds

  11 September 2025

  Respondents to Ortec Finance study also see private markets and equities opportunities, as well as increased credit and equity risk

• Insurance investment managers expect boost to private asset allocations in year ahead, new survey finds

  18 June 2025

  Private debt, PE and private RE top asset classes to benefit

• Insurance asset managers eye more risk taking in next 12 months

  05 June 2025

  Recession seen as the biggest macroeconomic risk to their investment portfolios

• Insurers expect investment complexity to increase over next two years

  27 March 2024

  Research from Ortec Finance finds 89% of respondents expect a rise in allocations to alternative assets in the next 12 months

• 98% of insurer investment professionals concerned about greenwashing, Ortec Finance survey finds

  12 March 2024

  11% feel their own company's ESG strategies and programmes are "very ineffective"

• Insurers set to ratchet up risk and back private equities in 2024

  14 February 2024

  Insurers are heaping a hearty portion of risk onto their 2024 investment plates, according to a survey from Ortec Finance, as 51% of insurer investment professionals surveyed believe the risk profile of the funds they help to manage has increased over the past 12 months, and 59% expect a further increase in the next 12 months - within which 14% predicting a "dramatic rise".

• Ortec Finance appoints new chief innovation officer

  12 February 2024

  Hens Steehouwer will be responsible for developing solutions advising on climate, AI investments

• Spectre of stagflation haunts insurer investors' allocations

  30 January 2024

  Survey from Ortec Finance shows investors picking assets best suited for hedging against inflation

• Insurers and affiliates plan alternatives boost to diversify portfolios

  19 January 2024

  Shift will prompt a move from fund investing to direct investing over the next five years

• Projecting into the future - How to build a climate aware portfolio that stands the test of time

  27 December 2023

  Building a climate aware portfolio is no easy task, but good data, bespoke scenario planning and a wariness of new technology can make the load lighter