Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Allianz Real Estate appoints DaSilva to head US loan and assets group

    09 May 2018

    Allianz Real Estate, the property arm of the German insurer, has appointed Peggy DaSilva as head of the loan and asset management group for the Americas.

  • ICBC-Axa gets green light to set up Chinese asset manager

    08 May 2018

    First Sino-foreign joint venture to be granted approval to set up asset management arm

  • LV=’s CIO on adapting to Solvency II

    03 May 2018

    LV=’s CIO Mark Laidlaw gives an insight into how the business has been impacted by Solvency II’s dictates on asset and liability management and moulded its choice of asset manager. By Paul Walsh and Sarfraz Thind

  • Greenlight Re posts near worst $145m investment loss

    02 May 2018

    Greenlight Capital Re, the hedge fund reinsurer based in Bermuda, reported a net loss of $142.8m for the first quarter of 2018, compared to a gain of $8.4m for the same period in 2017.

  • Hiscox to look at increasing asset risk

    01 May 2018

    Hiscox’s CIO Alex Veys took over the role six months ago and is currently exploring new avenues to improve the business. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Pimco to securitise £5bn of UKAR mortgages

    30 April 2018

    Pimco and Barclays to securitise recent mortgage purchase to take advantage of investor demand

  • Pimco to buy £5bn of collapsed bank mortgages

    26 April 2018

    Pimco, the largest bond fund manager in the world, is to buy £5bn ($5.7bn) of mortgages from collapsed British banks, Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley, according to Sky News.

  • Blackrock, JPMorgan AM and Schroders into second round for Scottish Widows £109bn mandate

    26 April 2018

    BlackRock, JPMorgan Asset Management and Schroders have been invited into a second round of bidding for Scottish Widows' £109bn ($152bn) investment mandate, according to the FT.

  • Aberdeen Standard Investments' CIO's interesting 12 months

    26 April 2018

    Rod Paris, CIO at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), talks about the company's transformational twelve months following the merger and that cancelled Scottish Widows mandate, likely to cost the company some 20% of its assets. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Solvency II key for insurance-focused asset managers, says Cerulli

    25 April 2018

    Solvency II-relevant investment work remains high on the list of considerations for asset managers, according to a survey of 41 insurers and asset managers by consultancy Cerulli Associates.