David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Zurich's German life backbook deal, with €21bn assets, with Virdium falls apart

    30 January 2024

    'Project Sander' was to involve investment assets linked to 724,000 policies, German unit's SFCR said

  • China Life reveals asset size, and investment plans

    30 January 2024

    Group divulged aspects of its GA at a January conference

  • Meiji Yasuda Life reveals private assets and outsourcing plans

    29 January 2024

    Japanese group has over $4bn earmarked for private assets

  • Are insurers' outsourcing agreements contracts 'made in heaven'?

    29 January 2024

    Investment management agreements lock in some tasty fees for managers signing on the dotted line, but insurance CIOs increasingly expect a wide scope of 'extras' to boot

  • Comment - Evergrande fails to live up to its name, but will China's insurers survive its death-knell?

    29 January 2024

    Hong Kong court today told Chinese property developer seeking a stay of its liquidation, 'enough is enough'

  • Chart of the Week - Sumitomo Life's yen for outsourcing, and plans for more of it, in the future

    26 January 2024

    The Japanese lifer has fresh independent asset managers in its sights

  • Dai-ichi group reveals where JPY 109bn in outsourcing deals with new AMs went

    26 January 2024

    Japanese group plans further young-manager allocations, it says

  • Sumitomo Life invests in dementia care specialist Trinity

    26 January 2024

    Japanese insurer uses Sumisei Innovation fund

  • Meiji Yasuda Life plans "full-scale" introduction of generative AI from April

    25 January 2024

    While revealing how it already use the technology in its investments

  • Comment - Contract terms, from fees to T&Cs, in insurance outsourcing agreements

    25 January 2024

    Investment management agreements say how CIOs and asset managers should work together. David Walker peeks inside...