Sarfraz Thind

• 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.

• M&G buys £50m UK office and industrial assets

  25 April 2018

  M&G Real Estate has bought two UK office buildings and an industrial portfolio, its first acquisitions on behalf of the M&G UK Enhanced Value Fund launched in February.

• Goldman Sachs' survey shows insurers less positive about investments

  24 April 2018

  Insurers are less positive about investment opportunities than they were a year ago, according to a Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey.