Vincent Huck

Insurers' unique position in the finances of climate risk

CIOs should look beyond their actuarial colleagues' climate models and to the overall underwriting sector's pricing trend, new report argues

Interview: Swiss Life AM on real estate's next cycle

Jan Plückhahn discusses why real estate is entering a new investment cycle

Comment: Trump's pain threshold bolsters market optimism - but is it wishful thinking

Data centres: The darlings of discussions but not yet of allocation

Insurers' enthusiasm for the sector is tempered by doubts over concentration risk, obsolescence, exits and even whether the assets belong in real estate at all

Investing in private markets: Asset-backed finance gaining ground with insurers

Why the asset class is attracting growing attention from insurers, how allocations are evolving in practice, and what risks and constraints investors must navigate

Rethinking real estate

For years, real estate sat comfortably inside insurers' portfolios: a long-duration asset class offering income, diversification and, in a world of ultra-low interest rates, a relatively easy route to attractive returns.

Exclusive: ICG appoints Luke Schlafly as global head of insurance

Comment: Chin up! Real estate investors look firmly ahead, not to see their own shadows

Will the groundhog beat a retreat to its burrow for a while longer?

Decarbonisation is financially worth it, PGIM's Townsend says

While arguing it is a fiduciary duty for the affiliated asset manager

Is now the time to take risk in real estate?

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