David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Some alternative capital investors feel "taken advantage of," says Swiss Re CFO

    23 February 2023

    Investors withdrawing capital will stay away until industry addresses climate natcat concerns

  • Comment - Russian CIOs confront their own 2032 'transitional measure'

    22 February 2023

    Bank of Russia's GA write-down warnings put Frank Grund's words in Germany in the pale

  • Traditional risk management fails for timing transition investments, ACPR says

    22 February 2023

    Regulator's research examines when best to buy/sell biomass and coal assets

  • Hansainvest extends Cologne office rental for PwC

    22 February 2023

    Decade added to consultancy's tenancy

  • Oliver Bäte offers comfort, reassurance and hope

    21 February 2023

    With Structured Alpha 'behind' it, Allianz is applying the lessons learned to best effect, it told analysts at this month's full-year results presentation. David Walker reports

  • PRA already working on widening MA eligibility rules, and junk bond treatment

    21 February 2023

    Sam Woods told ABI it will consult on implementing reforms in June and September

  • Allianz outlines net $850m US regulator settlements over Structured Alpha - and lessons learned

    19 February 2023

    AllianzGI and PIMCO still took net new business into alts in 2022

  • German insurers hold €528bn in Spezialfonds

    17 February 2023

    Closed-ended Spezialfonds have enjoyed an interrupted and sharp expansion since 2019

  • Chart of the Week - Equities, a falling part of Germany's unit-linked industry?

    17 February 2023

    Germany's unit-linked equity funds suffer first consecutive falls in volume

  • India government reveals re/insurers' Adani exposures

    16 February 2023

    Six re/insurers revealed as holding Adani equities and/or debt