David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Aegon to hone focus on alternatives as rates bite into core fixed income

    18 August 2023

    US financial asset exposure being trimmed in favour of strategic assets

  • Talanx plans further fixed income rotations in 2H

    14 August 2023

    German group posts record half year net income for 2023

  • Chart of the Week - European insurers and US debt

    11 August 2023

    CIOs were cutting back their US debt well before Fitch cut its rating this month

  • Large ETF providers appear on risk radar of Italy's Assimoco SpA

    09 August 2023

    Social inequality also among 'emerging risks' of R+V subsidiary

  • Insurers's SFCRs face up to the worst of climate change

    07 August 2023

    Aegon uses Ortec Finance to model 'failed transition'

  • IFRS 17: Are insurers ready for the same scrutiny they impose on their investees

    07 August 2023

    New accounting standards, including IFRS 17, are seeking to standardise insurance accounting globally and better reflect insurers financial positions to their investors. But is their message loud, or more importantly, clear? David Walker examines

  • Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?

    04 August 2023

    Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable

  • After 15 years, student-actuary to become PIC's next head originator

    03 August 2023

    Mitul Magudia will replace Jay Shah, who is retiring after just as long at PIC

  • Achmea acknowledges inflation "cratered" bond markets in 2022

    02 August 2023

    Equities and fixed income pain was felt across Dutch group

  • French units go 'lite' on solvency reporting in truncated reports

    02 August 2023

    SFCRs are already not all uniform in their length or format, Insurance Risk Data finds