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Swiss Re's how to: 'value an anteater'
05 July 2023From tigers to reefs to a coalpit's climate cost, actuaries are valuing some unexpected assets - and presenting findings in ways even UK politicians can grasp...David Walker reports.
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Asia's CIOs face up to having to 'know it all'
03 July 2023Insurance investors discuss the lessons learned from the last few years of severe volatility, and reveal what [Chat] 'GPT' actually stands for, at Insurance Asset Risk's Hong Kong Seminar 2023. Compiled by Vincent Huck
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IAR EMEA audience dissatisfied with UK Solvency reform
28 June 2023But panellists point to the positives of the reform to insurers' investments, as Vincent Huck reports
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Green shoots appear for biodiversity investing - but is it the natural habitat for insurers?
26 June 2023It seems like it's on everyone's lips, but where should investors start to think about biodiversity, when it comes to investing in positive-impact assets? Josh Adcock asks asset owners and managers where they see opportunities flourishing, and how to weed out the wrong strategies
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Allianz Life's CIO: from AGI to AI
21 June 2023Jean Roch Sibille sees the use of AI spilling over into the asset management world. But are machines ready to replace the CIO himself? Not just yet, he tells Sarfraz Thind
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Why ESG has insurers running in circles
19 June 2023Insurers at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2023 conference took issue with the real impact - or lack thereof - that currently sustainability regulation and ESG reporting standards can actually have, finding that trying to compare their own progress or that of their investee companies can have them feeling trapped in a nightmare. Josh Adcock reports
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Allianz Life's CIO: from risk to return
13 June 2023Jean Roch Sibille moved from his CRO role at Allianz Life to take over the CIO mantle just over a year ago. He gives an insight into the firm's asset management strategy and working with some of the best investors on the street. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2023 conference round up
12 June 2023The conference was held in London on 12 June and highlighted the investment risks and opportunities facing insurers. Vincent Huck reports
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Where is the wind blowing?
08 June 2023The financial market is divided on the likelihood of a recession and the future direction of travel for interest rates. Josh Adcock reports
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HDI Global CIO faces inflation hedge conundrum
07 June 2023Thorsten Wölbern, CIO of HDI Global, the business insurance company of the Talanx Group, explains why inflation is top of his mind, why rates will go down again, and discusses the 'exotic' unexplored investment shores. Interview by Vincent Huck
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- L&G signs private credit outsourcing deal with Blackstone
- From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern
- Insurers' outsourced accounts triple proportion allocated to private markets over last decade, study finds
- M&G hires AllianzGI alum to head up impact investment arm
- Zurich and Amundi launch green bond fund
- Axa plays CFO musical chairs
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- Cathay Life commits $140m to three alternative investment structures
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