David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week: UK PRA drops the pleasantries with funded re

    01 May 2026

    The UK regulator tells lifers 'you can still do funded re deals, but you'll pay (more) for it'

  • PRA's funded re plans won't deter lifers using AIR for accessing esoteric assets

    01 May 2026

    Lawyers and actuaries do expect some impact on UK deal volumes, however

  • SFCR season: The UK matching adjustment's heavyweights and their investment portfolios

    30 April 2026

    Last year capped off a successful opening decade for the matching adjustment, helping its UK users save a whopping £720.6bn worth of regulatory capital. David Walker examines how they did it

  • PRA plans for funded re part of global 'regulatory convergence', lawyers argue

    30 April 2026

    UK regulator issued proposals for funded re capital treatment yesterday

  • Comment - Is private credit exposure making US life insurers hedge funds' new 'Big Short'?

    29 April 2026

    Reports link US sector's growing interest in private credit, to growing short interests of hedge funds

  • PRA reveals plans for dealing with asset intensive reinsurance

    29 April 2026

    UK regulator cites private credit risk in deals, among reasons it is acting

  • Ampega AM invests "double-digit million-euro sum" to turn mine site into solar project

    29 April 2026

    Affiliate being used by parent Talanx for series of renewables transformations

  • Comment: Why German pension reform might spell bad news for UCITs managers

    28 April 2026

    With private credit and retail funds, fee structures will diverge for life insurers

  • APAC Weekly - Could APAC bushfires leap into the urban landscape?

    28 April 2026

    APAC insurers, and risk modellers, are facing up to the risk of 'urban conflagration'

  • Brookfield wins AI infrastructure outsourcing work for life firm in Taiwan

    28 April 2026

    Francisco Partners also wins fund-based engagement