David Walker

APAC Weekly - Hong Kong's FWD reveals outsourcing details in IPO plans

Richard Li and Swiss Re-owned group intends listing in Hong Kong at date TBA

Axa's SFCR reveals details of €19bn in life policy surrender volumes for 2024

Investment scenarios threaten French group's solvency the most, SFCR shows

Taiwan lifers took NT$47bn FX hit but made NT$150bn gains from foreign investments by February

Gains came before extreme FX market volatility this month

Taiwan's lifers make outsourcing commitments to Northleaf Capital and AH Capital funds

Cathay Life outsources RMB 300m via CITIC Trust fixed income plan

BaFin warns of credit risks as private debt holdings approach 30% at some insurers

German regulator plans focus on firms with heavy alternatives block, in 2025

Chart of the Week - European CFOs' ongoing appetite for private markets investments

From infra to private credit and PE, CFOs' hunger shows little sign of abating

Fitch puts five Taiwanese lifers on negative ratings watches amid FX volatility

S&P Global also expects a hit to Taiwan's lifers' earnings but not their capital

Comment: Strangers on a train...discuss CIO's appetite for farmland, and the Zu-burudabedda

'Beyond bonds' - Lloyd's syndicates' taste for 'variable return' assets

Fixed income is not set in stone for Lloyd's syndicates' CIOs, who are also investigating more esoteric assets

S&P Global estimates 48% net FX mismatch at Taiwan lifers

Foreign-FX policies reduces larger gross FX mismatch, as volatility hits USD cross rate