David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Muted offshore investments and high hedging ratios shield Japan from FX risk, says S&P Global

    29 May 2025

    Private credit/debt investments are roughly half US/European levels, agency adds

  • Chinese sci-tech? "This is a great time to buy!"

    29 May 2025

    China's NFRA, PboC and CSRC are behind sci-tech and investors should take note

  • Taiwan discusses life insurer solvency and TW-ICS rules after FX market shock

    29 May 2025

    New regulations are due to take effect next January

  • SFCR 2025 - Lapse risk keeps pressure up on Italian lifers in 2024

    28 May 2025

    2023 may have been the peak of policyholders cashing in contracts early, but last year was not that much easier for Italian life insurers

  • Italy's lifers tackled lapse risk with action on investments in 2024

    28 May 2025

    SFCRs show range of ways life insurers sought to stem, or meet, surrenders last year

  • APAC Weekly - Australia's insurers ditch 'softly, softly' approach to call out governments' poor climate decisions

    27 May 2025

    Rain last week left over 50,000 eastern seaboard residents stranded last week

  • Investment sales and shrinking values dent South Korean industry's Q1 income

    27 May 2025

    Net income fell 16% in Q1, year on year

  • China's regulator acts to improve insurance AM product disclosures

    27 May 2025

    NFRA has put proposed rules up for consultation

  • Comment - Why some 'price signals' for Australian property cover are (unfortunately) largely irrelevant

    26 May 2025

    And why ICA's Andrew Hall has the world's toughest job

  • Hong Kong insurers are "proactive" investors thanks to HKRBC and HKFRS17, says Fitch

    26 May 2025

    Long-term adjustment mechanism also wins agency's praise for ALM