VIDEO: Swiss Re chief economist Americas inflation outlook
Thomas Holzheu explains why inflation is here to stay
News
Spanish group's equity risk more than doubled as markets jumped in 2021
Analysis by Insurance Risk Data details moves in CIOs' market risk elements in 2020/2021
Invesco promotes EMEA fund manager to head of multi-asset
As current head, David Millar, is set to retire after 10 years with Invesco
VIDEO: Prudential Financial CRO on inflation
Nick Silitch discusses the short, medium and long term outlook for inflation
M&G Real Estate appoints head of European residential
Marcus Eilers will join from Roundhill Capital
LV= appoints Adam Ruddle as CIO
As Emily Penn moves to Macquarie
Gothaer invests €10m in German GreenTech company
Capital will be used to expand the company's offering
Institutional investors want ideas and asset class access from their fiduciary AM
Not so much help on sustainability, according to a survey of 300 global institutional investors
M&G Real Estate acquires Japanese office building
For ¥100bn on behalf of Asia Property Fund
Are 'collectibles' and artworks good for general accounts? Two insurers frame their arguments
From gold to holiday homes, Europe's insurers searched far and wide for yield in 2021
LGIM risk management discredited by UK crisis, Jefferies analysts claim
L&G responds to market concerns on impact of crisis on its business
Munich Re unit expands 'buy-and-maintain' approach to active investment portfolio
Belgian unit reveals costs for outsourcing
Generali ponders Guggenheim acquisition
Italian insurer is looking to expand to US with $3bn M&A warchest
M&G makes 25.7% reduction in equity investment carbon intensity
And 13.9% reduction in carbon intensity for fixed income investments
Chart of the week - Europe's captive insurers reveal their outsourcing habits
Captive insurers may be below-the-radar, but they're getting on top of some decidedly interesting asset allocations
US will not suffer from the UK crisis
US financial policymaking more robust than "out-of-sync" Treasury
Belgian insurer spells out details of outsourcing with four independent asset managers
Non-lifer gives volumes and asset breakdowns for each mandate
Allianz unit cuts ETFs, goes direct into equities for IFRS 9 and 17
Allianz Benelux transfers €1.5bn assets to Monument Re, to get nearer VA reference portfolio
Barings acquires us life science properties
Partnering with Greatland Realty Partners
PIC invests £105m in UK net-zero carbon office
Commercial property assets are an area of specific focus for the insurer
M&G invests €270m in consumer-tech subscription platform
Will help grow its presence in existing European markets
Allianz Real Estate purchases German logistics centre
On behalf of several Allianz Group companies
abrdn invests in UK in internet operator
The first investment funded by ASCI III infrastructure fund
Blackstone wins $650m Samsung insurance mandate
Will manage alternative assets for two Samsung subsidiaries
How insurers think of esoteric opportunities - and the AMs offering them
Panelists at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference
Lessons on leverage about to be learnt in the coming year, says Prudential Financial's CRO
At Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference
Transition risk presents 'bigger risk' for insurers' portfolios than physical threat of climate change
Audience at Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference hears
Conning calls for more forward-looking data on ESG
At Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference
Net-zero: Don't think of the cost to the bottom line, Wellington's Antonelli says
At Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference
US insurers adding illiquid, complex assets to their portfolios
Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference unveils
Analysis
Insurers have options against inflation, but concerns persist
Chief investment officers and chief risk officers should be worried about a potential stagflation, according to panellists at Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2022, Vincent Huck reports.
The gilts crisis roils markets
The UK government's disastrous foray into budget setting last week has been treated with dismay and disgust by market participants. Amid plunging sterling and soaring gilt yields can insurance investors hold on? Sarfraz Thind reports
Insurance Asset Risk Americas 2022 conference round up
The conference was held in New York on 27 September and highlighted the pain ahead for insurance investors. Vincent Huck reports
Solvency II review and the sustainability debate: old habits & new ideas
Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta looks at how sustainability could add purpose to the Insurance industry and why it's the stumbling block of the current Solvency II review
DWS seeking solutions to APAC's next big challenge - funding retirements
As the APAC population ages, insurers, asset managers and governments are among those seeking solutions to an emerging challenge: funding retirement. DWS's Ellen Yang is working to bring reinsurers' balance sheet to that equation, for the benefit of all, she tells David Walker
Arena Capital the smooth operator
High yield is usually associated with high risk. But Arena Capital is showing it need not be so—it has produced stellar returns for insurers in recent times and in doing so smoothed out some of the volatility associated with the asset class. Sarfraz Thind reports
TC Wilson: the reluctant CIO
Never one to shirk a challenge, TC Wilson has gone from a finance sceptic to manage the funds for the US's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. He tells his story to Sarfraz Thind
Do rising rates signal a volte-face by reinsurers on illiquid assets?
With RVS in Monte Carlo well underway, Abbie Wood spoke to industry experts to learn how rising interest rates could push reinsurers away from the illiquid assets from which they once sought yield... but not all the experts agree.
At the ready - what APAC insurers should consider as new IFRS standards approach
Max Davies and Francisco Sebastian of Wellington Management discuss with David Walker how IFRS standards stand to affect insurers in APAC, and beyond, and the various aspects of their businesses underwriters should be considering, to best position themselves for the change
The NAIC's alternative to agency ratings
Ahead of the end of the public comment period next week on potential changes to the NAIC's reliance on rating agencies, Amnon Levy and Bill Poutsiaka explore the implications of such changes for insurers