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Insurers expect 'high-for-longer' rates as central banks play balancing act
24 March 2023US Federal Reserve and BoE rate hikes unsurprising but trajectory depends on economic and market stability
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Zurich's surprisingly optimistic 2023 outlook after dire year
11 January 2023Guy Miller, chief market strategist at Zurich, discuss the insurer's 2023 outlook as the WEF publishes its annual global risk report. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Zurich appoints Tatjana Helbing as CIO for Germany
12 December 2022Succeeds Lutz Honstetter who left in September
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Zurich pivoting to unit-linked
21 November 2022Group CIO Stephan van Vliet discusses the group's move into unit-linked, Guy Miller, chief market strategist, provides a market outlook and Danielle Brassel, responsible investment analyst, highlights progress on sustainability. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Exclusive: Zurich commits to 5% of portfolio in impact investing by 2025
03 November 2022And to increase the amount of unit-linked product invested in sustainability funds
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Zurich's Orion unit slices interest rate risk by moving into property fund
21 September 2022Ortec ALM study leads second Swiss insurer to buy property/mortgage funds, too
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Catalina Holdings CIO moves to Prudential
01 September 2022Don Guo completes the round of CIO musical chairs triggered by Zurich's CIO resignation last year
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Zurich has reported a 48% lower 1H net investment result
12 August 2022Net investment return on group investments fell to 0.9%
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Life stakeholders find reasons to sing and dance about back book deals
11 August 2022Those evaluating and otherwise benefitting from back book sales - including asset managers - tell David Walker they like what they see
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Pain relief - Sellers of life back books find their remedy
04 August 2022Life CIOs once yearned for back book sales to reduce their yield-pain. But might higher interest rates do the same job, David Walker asks