Vincent Huck

Articles by Vincent Huck

  • The Secret CIO on COVID-19

    16 March 2020

    As markets sink, a chief investment officer at a European insurer tells Vincent Huck how the pandemic is affecting its thinking.

  • Insurers committed 89% of raised capital in French infra debt funds

    12 March 2020

    And one-third of raised capital in infra equity funds

  • Austrian regulator on top of illiquidity and currency risks

    12 March 2020

    The FMA has been monitoring both risks and is not phased by the IMF recommendations

  • Folksam divests from gaming companies

    12 March 2020

    Gaming is the third sector excluded from Swedish insurer's investment universe

  • Swiss Re's economic outlook catches Covid-19

    11 March 2020

    Reinsurer predicts a global recession in 2020

  • Taiwan introduces credit risk cap on investment-linked policies

    11 March 2020

    These policies now account for 30% of first-year premium in Taiwan's life insurance industry

  • Insurers' affiliates outperforming independent managers on ESG

    10 March 2020

    Half of the world's largest asset managers are neglecting the ecological and social harms of their investments, according to a research by ShareAction. However, insurers' affiliates seem to be ahead of the curve. Vincent Huck reports

  • PIC reports £40.9bn invested in 2019

    09 March 2020

    Including £1.9bn into 25 direct debt investments

  • Zurich's 2019 investment performance boosted by allocation to illiquids

    06 March 2020

    Swiss insurer's impact investments increased by $0.9bn in 2019

  • Ping An's overseas affiliate joins Climate Bonds partners programme

    06 March 2020

    As parent company reports RMB 903.2bn in social investments and RMB 51.3bn in green investments