Archive

• 'Beyond bonds' - Lloyd's syndicates' taste for 'variable return' assets

  15 May 2025

  Fixed income is not set in stone for Lloyd's syndicates' CIOs, who are also investigating more esoteric assets

• Comment: Wise words for Lloyd's syndicates considering 'new pastures'

  14 May 2025

  Insurance Asset Risk asked expert managers for their top advice to syndicates buying new asset classes

• When Lloyd's syndicates go investing, past patterns may not reflect future plans

  23 April 2025

  If the image of Lloyd's syndicates conjures up 'uniformly conservative' investors, then key outsourcing partners to the market tell David Walker, a 'rethink' may be in order

• Conning's Büsst on all that it takes, to be a 'good' Lloyd's AM

  04 May 2021

  Conning is Lloyd's market's most popular asset manager by engagements. Russell Büsst, Conning's chief executive and investment officer for Europe, tells David Walker about the changing face of syndicate asset management.

• Investment leaders panel on key risks and strategic portfolio positioning

  30 October 2020

  Panel sponsored by Conning Asset Management

• New investment risks or new assessment of risk?

  10 December 2019

  Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's sister publication InsuranceERM's conference discuss the new types of risks they are exposed to and whether they understand those risks well. Highlights compiled by Stephanie Harris

• IAR’s European conference: CIOs' outlook

  23 July 2019

  At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three CIOs of European insurers gave their outlook on the current environment. In the third of a three-part series, they discuss considerations in the late stage of the cycle. Compiled by Vincent Huck

• IAR’s European conference: the CIO’s take on MA and capital models

  16 July 2019

  At Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference, three chief investment officers (CIOs) of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the second of a three-part series, they discuss the matching adjustment rules and their take on capital modelling. Compiled by Vincent Huck

• IAR’s European conference: CIO, an evolving job

  11 July 2019

  At the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2019 conference three chief investment officers of European insurance companies gave their outlook on the current environment. In the first of a three-part series, they discuss the evolving nature of their jobs. Compiled by Vincent Huck

• Can investment consultants build a bridge to insurers?

  09 November 2016

  Chief investment officers tell many tales of incompetent and tactless advisors, but admit they do sometimes need help navigating the investment landscape. David Walker investigates the future of the relationship