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APAC Weekly: US exceptionalism dented, but what is next?

Asian insurers ponder the place of gold in insurance investment portfolios

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

Insurers are wary of the other BBB

How could President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill make life difficult for insurers?

Confusion takes over the great normalisation, Guy Miller tells Insurance Asset Risk conference

Summary of Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 keynote by Zurich's Guy Miller

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.

SFCR 2025 - The matching adjustment misfired, again, in Spain in 2024

Overall, the MA delivered a capital benefit to Spanish lifers using it in 2024. But that was not always the case, for the capital requirements of most of its users

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

Chinese sci-tech? "This is a great time to buy!"

China's NFRA, PboC and CSRC are behind sci-tech and investors should take note

Having a word with Phoenix Group CIO, Mike Eakins

Michael Eakins gives funky interview to Insurance Asset Risk after receiving his second CIO of the year award

Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind

As per the regulation, as of 1 April this year, Japan has a new Solvency II-type regulatory regime which is the Insurance Capital Standard developed by International Association of Insurance Supervisors.