David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • APAC Weekly - Would you panic-buy rice?

    15 April 2025

    Cool heads were needed, but arguably hard to find, this month, as Donald Trump's tariffs stirred up a storm across APAC

  • Just Group sticking with fixed cashflow assets in MA portfolios, SFCR says

    14 April 2025

    Solvency UK reforms have been a 24-month tailwind for group's capital overall

  • Rothesay reports "immaterial" impact on investments from Solvency UK MA reforms, so far

    14 April 2025

    UK lifer branched into French home loans in 2024

  • Pension Insurance Corporation reveals MA asset breakdown in SFCR

    14 April 2025

    Market risk continued dominating group's total SCR in 2024

  • Manulife IM makes first direct property purchase in Australia

    14 April 2025

    Logistics building in Sydney is already fully let

  • Chart of the Week - UK life insurers' market risk at sub-module level

    11 April 2025

    As equity and bond markets twist and turn, SFCRs reveal which gyrations matter most for UK CIOs

  • Ratings agencies warn of US tariffs' impact on European insurers' investments

    10 April 2025

    Agencies highlight sensitivity to financial market shocks amidst policy uncertainty

  • LVM to halve CO2 footprint of listed shares and credit by 2029

    10 April 2025

    German insurer is partnering with EOS/Federated Hermes on engagement

  • Manulife IM and Aberdeen spell out China's options after Trump's steep tariffs

    10 April 2025

    "Monetised stock market support" one possibility, says Aberdeen Investments

  • 'Real' wars, and trade wars, keep geopolitics high on Lloyd's syndicates' risk-radars

    09 April 2025

    Conflict and resulting turbulence seem to beset all aspects of the 'world order', much to the ongoing dismay of syndicates, David Walker reports