Analysis

  • Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2024 conference round up

    10 June 2024

    Geopolitics and its impact on markets running thread of conference's discussions

  • China's economic growth focused on quality not speed, Ping An CIO says

    07 June 2024

    Ben Deng highlights key investment opportunities including 'fly cars'

  • Round the World with SFCRs - German insurers welcome interest rates tailwinds, but explore alts 'just in case'

    07 June 2024

    Fixed income and equities performance in 2023 wiped out write-downs many German insurers made in 2022

  • A new dawn? Contemplating asset strategy anew, after the BOJ's seismic policy shift

    06 June 2024

    At a historic policy inflexion point in Japan - the Bank of Japan raising interest rates and relinquishing its long-held negative-rates stance - Man Group's Max Davies discusses interest rates, duration, FX hedging and CIOs' ongoing hunt for yield with David Walker

  • Insurance Asset Risk Asia audience upbeat about global growth prospects

    05 June 2024

    Chinese economy casts shadow on future growth prospects while CIOs keep focused on good ALM in light of regulatory and accounting overhaul

  • Round the World with SFCRs - Italy's lapse risk shows no sign of surrendering

    03 June 2024

    A lot of Italians holding life policies made for the exit, early, in 2022, and the pressure on lifers seemed not to ease much in 2023

  • Exploring the wild new world of real estate

    29 May 2024

    Andrew Angeli, global head of real estate research & strategy at Zurich, discusses how changes in demographic and consumer expectations give rise to a new real estate sector

  • CIO Interview: Pre-determined green target setting can be dangerous, AG Insurance's Wim Vermeir says

    27 May 2024

    Insurance Asset Risk sits down to talk with AG Insurance's veteran CIO Wim Vermeir about green targets and the perils of investing in new technology

  • CIO Interview: Managing China's slowdown in the Asian region

    23 May 2024

    Christian Choi, regional director for ALM, investment & capital management at Ageas Asia, discusses the insurer's set-up in the region, what it invests in, and why US elections could be 'bad or very bad' for the region's outlook

  • Round the World with SFCRs - Lapse risk endures in France as life clients spy 'greener grass'

    20 May 2024

    The risk of customers leaving early remains at French lifers, despite rates softening in 2023, keeping CIOs on alert