David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates

    03 April 2017

    As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.

  • Vaudoise engineers investment pragmatism into design of life insurance

    29 March 2017

    Swiss group seeks property and mortgages in 2017

  • Aviva to sell Friends Provident International, say reports

    28 March 2017

    Chinese buyers said to be circling Channel Islands unit

  • German insurers remain committed to fixed income investing

    28 March 2017

    But fund investments ever more favoured for allocations, GDV finds

  • Australian fund managers subject to new risk management rules

    28 March 2017

    Regulator spells out mandatory practices for fund managers

  • Vaudoise buys local property investment managers in M&A swoop

    28 March 2017

    Swiss insurer plans using Berninvest and Dr Meyer AM for itself, and others

  • China calls for foreign investment in local insurance industry

    27 March 2017

    Beijing already speaking with neighbours on this, but all await Washington's lead

  • China Life to increase outsourcing amid poor investment returns

    27 March 2017

    Country's largest life insurer vows to boost delegation of investing

  • Filipino insurers in talks to buy green infrastructure bonds

    24 March 2017

    BPI wants to offload debt from geothermal power plants

  • Danish regulator to consider exempting mortgage bonds from Mifid

    24 March 2017

    Finanstilsynet says obligations could disadvantage insurers, pensions