David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • US life annuity underwriters have doubled private credit holdings since 2014

    22 October 2025

    AM Best says risk management, amid continued growth, is "critical"

  • KKR and Quadrantis to buy minority stakes in Peak Re

    22 October 2025

    KKR is already active buying insurance industry firms elsewhere in APAC

  • APAC Weekly - The FX jolt-into-action for Taiwan's life CIOs

    21 October 2025

    In under three months, Taiwan's lifers have replenished NT$215bn of FX volatility reserves

  • Taiwanese insurers strengthen local property portfolios

    20 October 2025

    Assets are in Taipei City

  • Fubon units commit to Sixth Street and KBAM / Hayfin European private debt funds

    20 October 2025

    Fubon unit also buying into VC fund of Andreessen Horowitz

  • Taiwan dollar's leap in May sent lifers' FX reserves crashing by 89%

    20 October 2025

    Local currency jumped 8% in just two days that month against the Greenback

  • Sumitomo Life commits to local infrastructure LP

    20 October 2025

    Decarbonisation and social/digital infrastructure are fund's key focal points

  • Chart of the Week - The thorny issue of liquidity and alternative credit

    17 October 2025

    Why private credit might (slowly) be moving away from the investing world's version of Hotel California...

  • Secret CRO: Solvency II adds bureaucracy to our days, without 'solving' our challenges

    15 October 2025

    A CRO gives their honest answer - is the Solvency II balance sheet worthwhile?

  • Comment: Insurers outsource gold investing amid fears of market boom turning to bust

    14 October 2025

    From WisdomTree to ETFs, buying into metals is occurring from France, to Germany, to Lloyd's