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Secret Japanese CIO: Three key issues on my mind
07 May 2025As 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.
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Lloyd's syndicates ventured 'beyond the core' in 2024
01 May 2025For most syndicates, 'core fixed income' was the anchor for their portfolios - but that did not prevent some from charting more distant waters with their general accounts in 2024
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CIO interview: In praise of the grey hairs
24 April 2025In the second of this two part interview, Jelle van der Giessen reflects on his 10 year tenure as a CIO, what evolved and why the divorce between insurers and in-house asset managers needs to happen.
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RE debt investors watchword for 2025?: 'Uncertainty'
21 April 2025Audience at Insurance Asset Risk's Investing in Real Assets Conference 2025 in London hears that tentative RE rebound has stalled - thanks to geopolitics
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Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm
16 April 2025With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky
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Downturn will reveal who has been swimming naked in private markets, CIO of Convex says
14 April 2025David Dowsett, chief investment officer at Convex Insurance, sat down with Insurance Asset Risk, in a week that saw a market meltdown induced by President Trump's short-lived plan for global tariffs.
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CIO Interview: From oil driller to sustainable chief investment officer
10 April 2025Retiring NN chief investment officer Jelle van der Giessen reflects on his 30-year career
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'Real' wars, and trade wars, keep geopolitics high on Lloyd's syndicates' risk-radars
09 April 2025Conflict and resulting turbulence seem to beset all aspects of the 'world order', much to the ongoing dismay of syndicates, David Walker reports
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Conning maps out landscape and attractions of esoteric ABS for insurers
03 April 2025From music royalties to container leases, data centres to aircraft leases, esoteric ABS has something to offer every insurer
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'Even bigger than Allianz' - An $11.2trn 'general account' in Europe prepares to tackle climate change
02 April 2025To help private re/insurers, and society, face down global warming, Europe's governments are increasingly backing public re/insurers, David Walker finds