David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • How best to hedge - Schroders' wise counsel on FX risk and APAC insurers

    11 June 2025

    After sharp intakes of breath by some Taiwan lifers as their dollar jolted 8% against the greenback over two days last month, Insurance Asset Risk asked Pedro Moura, head of Asia client solutions at Schroders, for advice on APAC insurers hedging FX risk.

  • Investment spread widens 8% at Japan's lifers, Fitch finds

    11 June 2025

    Most recent annual figures show spread hit JPY 787bn by March

  • Fubon Life adjusts FX hedging as volatility strikes markets

    11 June 2025

    Q1 results reveal 5.41% investment return, up from 4.62% a year earlier

  • Moody's Ratings reveals volume of ERMs in large UK MA portfolios

    10 June 2025

    Total volume held was about 7% of total UK annuity investments in 2024, agency finds

  • Sumitomo Life reveals second well-being-linked investment in a fortnight

    10 June 2025

    Latest commitment for South Korean musculoskeletal treatment developer

  • Private credit market tops $3trn, estimates Alternative Credit Council

    09 June 2025

    Investors examine effects of growth and consolidation among managers on incentives

  • Chart of the Week - DAV considers the best pension system, as Germany's demographic pyramid develops a 'bulging midriff'

    06 June 2025

    Rigid rules and immutable guarantees could do Germany a disservice, DAV suggests

  • Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?

    06 June 2025

    A sense of urgency, if not emergency, surrounds insurers' warnings about falling birthrate

  • Japan Post Insurance doubles investments in private property fund since July

    06 June 2025

    Dedicated-client fund is being run by Mitsui & Co Realty

  • Resolution Life seals $1bn block reinsurance deal in Hong Kong

    05 June 2025

    Deal involves "materially all risks" linked to the policy book