David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Actuaries urged to apply skills to unearth investment greenwashing

    01 June 2023

    International Congress of Actuaries discusses climate scenarios, inter-disciplinary work and portfolio risk management

  • The (very) fine art of triangulating investment risk, reward and Solvency II capital

    31 May 2023

    Europe's CIOs are being challenged as never before to get investment and regulatory trade-offs right in portfolios. David Walker finds a tool built to help

  • FWD names successor to CFO Jon Nielsen

    31 May 2023

    Sid Sankaran will join from Oscar Health

  • 'Green' capital charges risk under-reserving for risk, actuaries told

    30 May 2023

    Actuaries warn of "moving away from the strict actuarial approach" as climate change looms

  • Equities exposures - feast, then famine, for Europe's CIOs

    29 May 2023

    Whether they love them or hate them, Europe's CIOs hold shares, directly and in funds they came to about one-fifth of their GAs in Q3 2023. Appreciating or reviling the exposure may rather depend on the year, David Walker reports

  • Chart of the Week - Solvency II ratios and general account debt holdings

    26 May 2023

    As debt holdings devalued in 2022, so did insurers' Solvency II funds, and ratios

  • Allianz takes crown as Europe's most complex insurance group

    24 May 2023

    Aviva Investors funds contribute significantly to parent's 700 Solvency II entities

  • MS&AD outlines domestic bond fluctuations in year to March

    23 May 2023

    Changes did not necessarily reflect local yields improving

  • Groupama Assicurazioni spells out asset liquidity for each life product

    22 May 2023

    Italian insurers increasingly focus on liquidity as interest rates rise

  • Poste Vita trimmed BTPs to 48.3% of portfolio in 2022

    22 May 2023

    Italian giant also bought reinsurance for 'mass lapse' underwriting risk