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From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern

From the UK to Japan to the rest of Asia, funded re rings warning bells at regulators and ratings agencies, and leading large lifers and their asset managers are treading carefully

Mike Eakins in the hot seat

At Insurance Asset Risk's recent EMEA 2025 conference in London, Mike Eakins, CIO of Phoenix Group, discussed in a fireside chat a wide set of issues, ranging from the new Mansion House Accord to the benefits of volatility and the continuing rise of private asset investments.

Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 round up: are markets optimistic or complacent?

IAR EMEA 2025: "Trump has thrown sand into gearbox of economy," Phoenix Group CIO says

Private market trend unlikely to go away any time soon

Standard Life completes £250m BPA deal with Finning Pension Scheme

Covering all 2,170 members of the scheme

Phoenix Group to merge AM and retirement divisions under CIO Mike Eakins

Leadership restructure prompted by retirement of Standard Life CEO Andy Curran

Phoenix Group and Schroders to launch new private markets investment manager

With £1bn initial commitment; up to £2.5bn over three years

Election day: How ballot box results are transforming a CIO's job

As geopolitics is "literally shaping markets day-in and day-out", and UK and French electors choose their next governments, Insurance Asset Risk analyses what geopolitical instability might mean for CIOs

Insurers fighting an "arms race" over private credit, Phoenix's CIO says

Hiscox and Just Group CIOs tell the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference why it is important to keep external asset managers on their toes, particularly when it comes to private assets

Fireside chat with Phoenix's Eakins: The days of insurance investments run by actuaries are gone

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