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Looking for a home for natural capital in insurers' investment portfolios
12 March 2024Understanding new risks, a lack of asset managers able to service these types of investments at scale, and the question of where to include natural capital in the SAA are the hurdles insurers need to overcome, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich Insurance Group, explains
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Mutual gain - how the worlds of 'alts' and insurers can benefit both parties
11 March 2024CIOs have not relinquished alternative investments as interest rates rose, leading David Walker to sit down with Max Davies, director, APAC Insurance, at Man Group, to discuss how 'alts' can dovetail with an insurer's needs
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Solvency UK reforms will not be a revolution, but a soft evolution, PIC's CIO Rob Groves says
06 March 2024In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's interview with Rob Groves, the CIO of Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) talks about the planned reforms to Solvency II in the UK. Will the proposals free his hand to invest in a wider spectrum of assets? Maybe not so much, but there is scope to do things differently.
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Alternative insights, for insurance CIOs
01 March 2024In discussion with Tom Kehoe, the Alternative Investment Management Association's global head of research & communications
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The 2020 review of Solvency II in 24 pills
27 February 2024Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta picks 24 issues to consider from the 2020 Solvency II review
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Life sciences real estate flourishing but in need of careful tending
26 February 2024Pandemic-induced awareness of biotech R&D combined with long-term demographic trends have put life sciences real estate in the spotlight, but investment here is both delicate
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Will AI "obey" insurance investors, or "shall [regulator] be forced to disconnect"
21 February 2024An Investec survey at the end of 2023 found that over 50% of systematic investors are using AI in their investing processes, but how are insurers and their asset managers using the technology today and how do they expect it to influence them in the future?
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CIO Interview: New interest rate regime requires creativeness, PIC's Rob Groves says
19 February 2024In the first part of this two part interview, PIC chief investment officer Rob Groves discusses the make up of the UK insurer's portfolio and how to balance creative and conservative investment strategies.
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The nitty-gritty of insurers' IMAs with hedge funds
14 February 2024An LP agreement in 2021 of Solasglas Investments and various Greenlight Re entities with hedge fund DME Advisors II, LLC, illuminated variables commonly negotiated between re/insurers and alternative managers.
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Market volatility is our friend, and 2024 set to be one of the most volatile years, Phoenix CIO Eakins says
12 February 2024Phoenix eyes more investment in UK social housing as a result of matching adjustment reforms, and Eakins says regulatory changes should allow insurer to focus more investment on productive assets
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