Private markets

  • Insurance Asset Risk survey: US debt levels - should CIOs be worried?

    29 January 2026

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  • L&G appoints global co-heads of real assets

    28 January 2026

    As L&G aims for £85bn in private markets AuM by the end of 2028

  • PGIM to deploy $1bn into private credit secondaries over next two years

    27 January 2026

    Initiative to be led by Alex Stuart and Maelle Reichenbach

  • Investment risk top of lifers' minds, but Fitch argues competitive pressure a greater concern

    23 January 2026

    Life insurers still taking measured approach to private assets, Fitch says

  • AIG and asset manager CVC launch investment partnership

    22 January 2026

    Includes launch of private equity secondaries evergreen platform with AIG as cornerstone investor

  • Lifers' liquidity exposure, credit assessment frameworks, and FundedRe on PRA's radar for 2026

    15 January 2026

    Lifers' liquidity exposure, credit assessment frameworks, and FundedRe on PRA's radar for 2026

  • Invesco launches European upper middle market income fund

    14 January 2026

    Private credit vehicle aims to create diversified portfolio of senior secured corporate loans

  • Private markets risk: an unknown unknown, UK Financial Services Regulation Committee says

    12 January 2026

    House of Lords report on systemic risks of private markets is inconclusive and urges BoE to "move more swiftly"

  • Aviva Investors makes private markets team appointments

    08 January 2026

    Callum Fraser joins from Barings as head of private markets equity

  • Barings launches $508m inaugural infra CLO

    08 January 2026

    To grow infrastructure debt's role in manager's private markets strategy

  • Aberdeen foresees selective private markets opportunities in 2026

    06 January 2026

    Privates to provide investors direct access to long-term themes and selective dislocation plays

  • Fitch to watch growing private credit scale and complexity in 2026

    31 December 2025

    Though not a systemic risk, ratings agency notes private credit's expanding connections to wider capital markets and traditional lenders

  • Private credit: "No need to panic" AG Insurance CIO says

    29 December 2025

    While insurers' senior strategist sees no signs of systemic risk; CIO sees no reason to increase exposure in an expensive market

  • EIOPA warns of concentration risks in private credit exposure

    15 December 2025

    European insurers and pension funds are steadily expanding their exposure to private credit

  • Chart of the week: can PE tame the insurance beast?

    12 December 2025

    What is the share of PE ownership of EU and US insurance industries?