David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Poste Vita celebrates rates rising as BTP spreads narrow in 2022

    23 May 2022

    Insurer had had "no opportunity to invest at decent rates" in old environment

  • Chart of the Week - 'Best in Class' Investments under Hong Kong's RBC

    20 May 2022

    Asset capital charges under RBC are still two years off in Hong Kong, but moves are being analysed already

  • Generali says further write-down of Russia exposure will not endanger capital remission

    20 May 2022

    Cristiano Borean reveals BTP spread moves needed for country-level volatility adjustment

  • Chinese lifers cut back risky investments in Q1, Fitch finds

    20 May 2022

    Core solvency ratios fall in Q1 despite use of new rules' transitional measures

  • Conning praises healthy muni market post-pandemic

    19 May 2022

    Manager cites asset's low default and credit migration rates during market slump

  • Russian investment impairments put 9% dent in Generali's quarterly earnings

    19 May 2022

    Exposures span fixed income, unit-linked and equity stakes

  • DWS reveals 'best' debt and equity classes for insurer investors under Hong Kong RBC

    19 May 2022

    Junior real asset lending and real estate investments most attractive when analysing returns and capital charges

  • Fossil remains - why coal, oil and gas are still insurers' 'dirty little secret'

    19 May 2022

    Whisper it quietly, but old energy investments may have been a dividend-godsend to many CIOs starved of yield elsewhere, David Walker discovers

  • "Much work" still to do on UK Solvency II reform, warns Amanda Blanc

    18 May 2022

    Aviva says "material issues" remain in improving MA

  • Helvetia buys Genevan rental properties for pension investment structure

    18 May 2022

    Purchases expected to be completed by August