Analysis

  • IAR private markets 2026: Good securitisation is not financial alchemy

    11 March 2026

    Panel discuss how securitisation has become a strategic tool for insurers' investments

  • Where next for European private credit?

    09 March 2026

    Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Investing in Private Markets conference single out CRE lending as a pocket of opportunity and highlight importance of credit rating fundamentals

  • Infra investing: Predictability is the name of the regulation game

    04 March 2026

    Regulators need to get better at building structures for the ever-changing nature, and definition, of infrastructure

  • Apollo, Brookfield, KKR and Blackstone spell out Asian plans

    02 March 2026

    From originating assets to buying into insurers, the largest US private assets houses spy opportunity far afield...

  • Insurance Asset Risk's investing in private markets 2026 round-up

    25 February 2026

    Highlights from the day's discussions

  • NAIC to be "laser focused" on insurer's changing appetites for private and alternative assets

    23 February 2026

    New NAIC president Scott A. White has set out his plans for the year in a series of recent interviews

  • How to stress-test €600bn worth of private markets assets

    18 February 2026

    As Europe's regulators mull what stressors are best to test a private markets portfolio, managers have some thoughts...

  • Are US Treasuries 'safe' or is it time to strike them out?

    16 February 2026

    Investors reduced allocations in H1 2025 to US govvies, but their utility remains

  • Results at insurance industry's 'Fabulous Five' PE backers take off

    11 February 2026

    Blackstone, KKR, Brookfield and Apollo make hay from insurance work - and CVC may yet, too

  • Safe haven in catastrophe? How cat bonds and ILS can be good investments for life insurers

    09 February 2026

    IAR speaks with Sidney Rostan, head of insurance-linked securities at Scor Investment Partners about the ups and downs of cat bond investing