Partnership's collegiate approach to managing its assets
CIO Alex Veys describes the UK life insurer's investment style and structure, and the relationship with its external manager. Hardeep Dhillon reports
CIO Alex Veys describes the UK life insurer's investment style and structure, and the relationship with its external manager. Hardeep Dhillon reports
External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates
Some insurers are looking at buy-and-maintain strategies because of claims that they can increase yield without taking on too much credit risk and reduce transaction costs. Hardeep Dhillon looks at the arguments
Insurers need to consider introducing alternative, actively managed forms of fixed income to improve portfolio returns, argues Euan MacLaren
These are the two leading asset classes favoured by insurers as a BlackRock survey shows one in three firms plans to increase their risk appetite over the next three years
Even though full implementation of Solvency II on 1 January 2016 may seem distant, insurers need to confront the challenges of regulatory reporting of asset data now and formalise procedures, as there is no time to be wasted. Chris Johnson, senior product manager, market data services, HSBC Securities Services explains
Towers Watson survey shows industry split over asset eligibility
The approach enables insurers to access asset classes where they don't have the resources to research and manage them in-house, the firm's insurance CIO Erik Vynckier explains to Hardeep Dhillon
Pimco's Eugene Dimitriou and Berdibek Ahmedov outline the difficulties in quantifying inflation risk
Goldman, JPMorgan also notched up big gains in the new Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report rankings
Market participants say the EC's new Solvency II proposals do not address the key issues
Insurers should consider their overall investment strategy holistically to minimise SCR capital charges