Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • AIG CIO departs role

    27 May 2021

    Doug Dachille will be replaced by his deputy, Geoff Cornell

  • The return of private equity

    24 May 2021

    Private equity has been cited as the hottest asset choice for US insurers for a while. This year it seems to be justifying the optimism. Returns have been stellar, but can the asset maintain its position as the alternative of choice? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers boost Federal Home Loan borrowing for higher-yielding investments

    21 May 2021

    FHLBs provide cheap loans for insurers for geared asset purchases

  • Manulife IM appoints head of real assets

    18 May 2021

    Christoph Schumacher will manage $42.9bn in private real assets

  • US insurers increased liquidity in 2020 to counter market risk

    14 May 2021

    At the same time growth of alternative assets continued apace, according to NAIC

  • TIAA pledges to be net zero by 2050, and targets better returns from it

    13 May 2021

    Will engage in nature-based solutions for general account investments

  • MetLife scores big, anomalous private equity returns

    07 May 2021

    Insurer gains 13.3% on PE as LBO and venture capital investments soar

  • Biden's tax hike to offer silver lining for muni bonds

    06 May 2021

    P&C insurers will profit from proposal according to Conning

  • Investor pressure the catalyst for reinsurers' ESG focus

    05 May 2021

    Companies are being faced down by largest investors in world, says AM Best

  • RenRe suffers hit on pet insurer investment

    30 April 2021

    Total Q1 investment loss of $266m on equity vol and rates