David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week - To JGB or not to JGB?

    01 March 2024

    That's not the question for outsourcing Japanese CIOs, apparently, seeking new managers

  • Tokio Marine vows to "eliminate" cross-shareholdings

    29 February 2024

    Rival Sompo also to sell off its problematic strategic equity stakes

  • Comment: The strong case for ESG investing 'with national characteristics'

    29 February 2024

    From green bonds to "animal attack" insurance, underwriters have an endless list of locally-appropriate ESG actions to take

  • NN's CEO feels personal relief in settling unit-linked sales litigation

    29 February 2024

    Risk of further litigation "limited" in part by previous compensation, NN says

  • SJP's surrenders topped £7.5bn in 2023

    28 February 2024

    But life wealth manager's funds hit record high

  • Comment: Why working from home matters for insurers' solvency capital requirement

    28 February 2024

    The 'future of work' is tied, via Solvency II rules, to the future of European insurers' capital requirements

  • German lifers' optimism for fund-linked sales outshines all other policy types

    27 February 2024

    GDV surveyed lifers, and other underwriters, in Q4 2023

  • T&D Financial Life helps customers see the future of their investments - using AI

    27 February 2024

    Japanese lifer is offering an AI engine to foretell direction of fund unit prices

  • Insurers lead South Korea financial firms in KRW 32trn foreign property allocations

    27 February 2024

    Financial Supervisory Service has published data for September

  • Comment: Share prices suggest insurers' shareholders might not care much about the 'G' in ESG

    26 February 2024

    Shareholders of Japan's insurers pocketed 150% since Q1 2020 while the Topix made 98% - so do the sector's governance issues matter?