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Ratings agencies have 'positive outlook' on China's C-Ross Phase II
18 April 2022Fitch and Moody's tell David Walker Phase II new rules may lower average solvency ratios, but they will lift risk- and capital management, including for investments, at insurers
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Lloyd's syndicates reveal investment fortunes - or lack thereof - in 2021
13 April 2022From low rates to rising inflation, ESG to net zero, syndicates' CIOs have their hands full in 2022. David Walker reports
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APAC nations boost green bond efforts to satisfy insurers' demand
11 April 2022APAC's insurers tell David Walker they want more green and sustainable bonds - including more of the high-quality paper from their own neck of the woods
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The Asian hedge against stagflation, according to Peak Re chief economist
06 April 2022Clarence Wong highlights the strong economic outlook for APAC at Insurance Asset Risk Investing in Real Assets conference 2022, and why the region's real assets are a source of opportunities for insurers globally. Vincent Huck reports.
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BlackRock: building the behemoth
04 April 2022There are giants in the asset management world... and then, there is BlackRock. Daniel Dunay talks about growing the company and why it is the number one insurance asset manager in the world. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
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The story of The Very Hungry Insurers - and APAC green bonds
30 March 2022APAC green and thematic bond markets are still developing, but investors want more supply and the highest governance and reporting standards to meet their demand, David Walker discovers
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Ellen Yang - the view from the inside on C-Ross Phase II
28 March 2022DWS's Ellen Yang could fairly claim unique insight, or at the very least 'privileged insight', into C-Ross Phase II rules, having been seconded by China's regulator to work on them. Interview by David Walker.
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The insurance investor's tale on ESG
23 March 2022Simon Tighe came 600 years late to feature in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century classic, The Canterbury Tales - but his story of the eponymous re/insurer's ESG development is as engaging for David Walker
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Taking the lead - how Xin Liu helped evolve C-Ross's market risk rules
21 March 2022Xin Liu had, arguably, the most pivotal risk for CIOs in leading the development of C-Ross Phase II rules on market risk. David Walker gained exclusive insight from him on evolving the rules
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M&G's focus on mortgages and consumer loans
16 March 2022Russell Lee, head of insurance solutions, and Jerome Henrion, head of specialty finance, at M&G talk about the asset class characteristics and why it will continue to be a source of opportunities for insurers
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- Conning CEO on Generali's acquisition and AI in asset management
- Private credit beats PE for insurers' appetite for the first time in GSAM survey
- IAR Real Assets conference: "Solvency II UK reform is not a free lunch"
- News roundup: Insurance asset management
- Comment - How to find the alpha to omega of who runs investments at Chinese insurers
- On the merry-go-round of asset classes, with Generali Group's CIO Francesco Martorana
- Infrastructure is still a good investment for insurers looking for stability, but beware of nuanced risks
- Private debt at the forefront of insurers' continued advance into private markets
- Making real assets net-zero takes real scrutiny