David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week - Fixed Income Born Again as GA's Prodigal Son

    07 April 2023

    While the Christian world celebrates one resurrection this week, CIOs are making their own pilgrimage back to core fixed income

  • Old dog, new(ish) tricks? Lloyd's CIOs get all esoteric

    05 April 2023

    Lloyd's syndicates have held onto non-mainstream investments even as yields have risen - with some mixed results, David Walker finds

  • Beazley Furlonge praises 7% hedge fund returns in 2022

    05 April 2023

    Total portfolio yield was 4.7% by year's end

  • MAP holds firm on bullion ETFs, enjoys "small pat on the back" for avoiding tech stocks

    05 April 2023

    Managing agency suffered its first back-to-back investment losses in 2021/2022

  • Brit syndicate extends ESG investment credit line at Lloyd's

    05 April 2023

    Ki syndicate also invested in staff training with coding/data degrees for four women

  • Probitas syndicate promotes Conning as syndicate's lead outsourcing partner

    04 April 2023

    Has three other managers in supporting roles

  • BlackRock wins outsourcing mandate of AIG Lloyd's syndicate

    04 April 2023

    Talbot insurer moves investments from parent's affiliate in Q4 2022

  • German Gothaer's investment result falls as ZZR slowly unwinds

    03 April 2023

    Composite reveals only Hamburg disaster over a century ago left bigger property bill than storm Bernd

  • Chart of the Week - Real rates still negative, in 2050

    31 March 2023

    German academics predict 'lower for longer' might not have gone away

  • Asia's insurers cut FX hedging to "maintain profitability," says S&P Global

    31 March 2023

    Costs of FX protection could erode earnings, and capital of some