David Walker

• China Life Investment to buy into VC funds after strategic tie-up

  16 August 2024

  CLI and Shenzhen Capital have signed a deal on investment collaboration

• MS&AD, Sompo and Tokio Marine untangle JPY 317bn of strategic equities in June quarter

  15 August 2024

  Solvency levels of groups rose despite the sell-downs

• Achmea targets €4bn of impact investments this year

  15 August 2024

  Dutch giant praises outsourcing deal with State Street to "transform" Achmea IM

• Japan Post Insurance nudges up alternatives allocation in June quarter

  14 August 2024

  But bonds still dominate its JPY 113.3trn general account

• Arch Capital delivers 'mixed messages' about external outsourcing in 2023

  14 August 2024

  Returns undershot complex benchmark in 2023, but beat it the year before

• French lifers sigh in relief as products still beat the Livret A alternative

  14 August 2024

  But life and group policies' revaluation rates in 2023 lagged both OATs and elevated inflation

• APAC Weekly - European M&A sits high on APAC insurers' agendas (and, seemingly, vice versa, too)

  13 August 2024

  But Allianz's Singapore deal shows 'two can play that game'

• Japan P&I Club boosts investment target as equities and bonds hit previous goal

  13 August 2024

  Cites prospect of higher local interest rates for change

• Nippon Life makes first start-up investment with JPY 5bn LP

  13 August 2024

  Nippon AM and Nissay Capital have JPY 35bn funds for local, early-stage investments

• Sumitomo Life puts JPY 1bn behind its first university VC firm allocation

  13 August 2024

  Tokyo's Keio University gave birth to the KII Impact Fund