Sarfraz Thind

• Erie Insurance appoints CIO

  25 June 2020

  Ronald Habursky steps up to role after ex-CIO charged with strangulation

• UBS rings warning bell for US insurer CLOs

  19 June 2020

  About $8bn at risk of downgrade, most held by Athene and AIG

• NY Life Investments launches US sustainable education academy

  18 June 2020

  Brings European sustainable investing experience to US market

• Investing in the midst of pandemic and civil unrest

  10 June 2020

  Aware Asset Management is based in Minnesota, which has been caught in the storm this month. Post-pandemic and an explosion of civil anger at the death of George Floyd marks an even more vituperative crisis for the US. The asset manager shares its views on the current events. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• Global downgrade potential hits all-time high

  28 May 2020

  Tally surpasses mark set in 2009 subprime crisis, says S&P

• COVID-19: Investing in pyjamas

  26 May 2020

  The shift in working practices has gone smoothly, they say. Investors are still contacting clients, though tieless, via the numerous video conference calls they are now undertaking. But the virtual world doesn't cut it when it comes to relationship building. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• US insurers grew CLO exposure by 23% in 2019

  19 May 2020

  CLO allocations up to $158bn as COVID-19 exposes market risk

• Assured Guaranty reports $55m loss in Q1

  11 May 2020

  Blue Mountain owner's asset management business posts $8m loss

• MetLife bucks industry trend with flat Q1 result

  07 May 2020

  Helped by strong investment performance

• US insurers hold $602bn of under-fire retail mortgage loans

  07 May 2020

  Retail borrowers feeling pressure of COVID-19 lockdown as rise in defaults predicted