Sarfraz Thind

• Insurers need change in mindset to embrace ETFs fully

  29 October 2015

  The attraction of exchange-traded funds to insurance investors is increasing but further growth may be slowed by regulatory worries and resistance from proponents of an active approach to portfolio management. Sarfraz Thind reports

• Hardie cautiously re-risks Direct Line's portfolio

  08 October 2015

  Direct Line's investment boss Jim Hardie has been steering the UK general insurer's investment portfolio into more dynamic areas. But he is at pains to stress his conservative approach. By Sarfraz Thind

• Insurers face up to the asset test of Solvency II

  23 September 2015

  As solvency ratios come under pressure and the introduction of Solvency II with its higher capital charges for some asset classes looms, insurers are taking a hard look at the risk in their asset portfolios, as Sarfraz Thind explains