Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • US recovery not until 2023, Axa IM says

    08 December 2020

    Worse outbreak of COVID-19 in winter predicted

  • Insurers placing less emphasis on climate risk in investments

    07 December 2020

    Climate risk underweighted in asset management versus underwriting, IAIS meeting participants say

  • Over half of US insurers have not altered investment strategy for climate

    26 November 2020

    US's biggest insurer climate survey shows gaps in industry's climate change work

  • US insurer liquidity risk at post-2008 highs

    23 November 2020

    Fed warns of increased difficulty of meeting claims as illiquid assets shoot past 12-year highs

  • US insurers' ESG assets grow to $2.2trn in 2020

    18 November 2020

    Climate change overtakes tobacco as top ESG consideration for insurers

  • Insurers need to "decouple" core fixed income managers from specialists

    16 November 2020

    According to Voya IM having one manager running all FI costs the industry valuable return

  • Insurers using investment over underwriting to integrate ESG into business

    16 November 2020

    Negative screening most popular way to integrate ESG into allocations, AM Best says

  • US insurers are reticent about EM investments

    11 November 2020

    Less than 1% of AuM in EM assets but Biden's presidential win may spur future allocation

  • "Breathtaking jump" in stocks on vaccine not a reason to relax, says El-Erian

    10 November 2020

    Vaccine announcement led to massive rise in global stocks yesterday

  • Assured Guaranty posts negative AM result for third quarter in a row

    09 November 2020

    Insurer paid $12m for severance of ex-CIO, Andrew Feldstein in August