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Comment - How life insurers might respond to the IMF on private equity risks
08 January 2024The IMF listed various risks of growing PE involvement in the re/insurance industry
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Benign or bust - The outlook for 2024 is anything but boring
03 January 2024Decisions from central banks, political instability, regulatory changes - many of the threats posed by 2024 are out of insurer's hands
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A sense of doom and gloom greeted the arrival of 2023, but was it really as bad as expected?
01 January 2024Fixed income and sub-investment grade investments were key trends in a year that was not exactly benign
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IMF looks to ruin PE-insurer party
29 December 2023The International Monetary Fund has raised further warning flags on private equity-owned insurance businesses. At the heart of the concerns are the illiquid assets these insurers use which may lead to financial catastrophe, if the IMF is to be believed.
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Insurers search for solid ESG data ground
28 December 2023Insurance investors at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers conference wrestled with the challenges of sourcing accurate ESG data on their investment portfolios, and discussed the need for recognised industry data standards
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Projecting into the future - How to build a climate aware portfolio that stands the test of time
27 December 2023Building a climate aware portfolio is no easy task, but good data, bespoke scenario planning and a wariness of new technology can make the load lighter
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Impact investing as a way to achieve the transition to net-zero
25 December 2023Two asset owners explained their approach to impact investing and where the investment opportunities lie at Insurance Asset Risk's Responsible Investing for Insurers 2023 conference
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Direct action - Asset origination moves centre stage in re/insurers' investment plans
20 December 2023From backing BPAs to enhancing investment yields, directly-originated assets, and the managers able to source them, are finding favour among re/insurers worldwide, David Walker discovers
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Comment: The NAIC's evolving reliance on agency ratings
19 December 2023Amnon Levy analyses the developments from the 2023 Fall National Meeting
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Feeding the birds: How geospatial data is key to making investments more biodiverse
18 December 2023Biodiversity datasets are a new batch of facts and figures for investors to contend with and getting them right often requires a much more local approach
- Ready, Steady, CLO: Solvency II Reform & the Case for AAA CLOs
- Chart of the week: Chinese state insurers' investment returns jump after year of equity push
- S&P warns SII reforms could spur more private credit investments
- Insurers' unique position in the finances of climate risk
- AllianzGI announces $270m close of APAC infra credit fund
- Allianz takes 51% stake in German battery storage platform
- PGIM hires new head of insurance from Blackstone
- NA lifers resilient in face of hypothetical private credit market stress, S&P Global Ratings says
- German insurers welcome seismic pension reform - with caveats
- AllianzGI highlights remuneration transparency concerns in Swedish AGM decision