Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • PGIM launches high yield bond fund

    08 October 2019

    No expectations for recession in near-term, says fund manager

  • Mapfre AM partners with Boyar on US equities

    08 October 2019

    Strategic alliance to boost Mapfre’s US expertise in low rate environment

  • Moody's sees 15% drop in US life insurer RBC in bond market downturn

    07 October 2019

    Ratings agency names insurers most at risk from severe bond stress

  • Absence of US insurers in global climate initiative eye-opening

    04 October 2019

    Climate Action 100+ releases first progress report as pressure on climate-aware investing grows

  • AIG issues $397m RMBS

    03 October 2019

    Deal is second from AIG this year, likely interest from insurers

  • Allianz CEO slams ECB monetary policy

    03 October 2019

    Bäte said investments in government bonds were one of his top worries for global financial stability.

  • Ibor transition still patchy as 2021 deadline looms

    03 October 2019

    Structured finance market among slowest to shift to new benchmarks, says Fitch

  • Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

    03 October 2019

    US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • Decline in investment returns hits US long-term care reserves

    02 October 2019

    Plunging interest rates hurting insurer investment income, says Moody’s

  • Insurers vie with funds for control of PG&E

    27 September 2019

    The underwriters are owed $20bn from California wildfire, so aim to take over bankrupt utility

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