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CRO Perspectives: forty years in the markets
23 January 2023In the first in a series of perspectives for Insurance Asset Risk, Nick Silitch, CRO at Prudential Financial, draws on his experience of 40 years to give thoughts on where the global economy is—and where it is headed. Compiled by Sarfraz Thind
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CIOs prepare for 'symmetric warfare' over listed shareholdings
18 January 2023Europe's regulators are discussing almost doubling how far they allow the equities 'symmetric adjustment' to fluctuate. David Walker examines the implications for CIOs' capital consumption
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Comment - Does a CIO need to be 'truly' brave?
16 January 2023Investing can take a steely nerve, but David Walker explores why it sometimes also requires true bravery
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Zurich's surprisingly optimistic 2023 outlook after dire year
11 January 2023Guy Miller, chief market strategist at Zurich, discuss the insurer's 2023 outlook as the WEF publishes its annual global risk report. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Going off-piste - how French CIOs are embracing alternatives
10 January 2023As French insurers venture 'off-piste' in their general accounts, David Walker examines if the 'black runs' of alternative asset classes will be simply exciting - or could break a leg or two
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Comment - Why stranded assets (already) involves much more than fossil fuels in general accounts
04 January 2023Insurance Asset Risk hears properties are being 'stranded' as much as fossil fuel firms
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AllianzGI offers hope for a brighter 2023
02 January 2023It has been a tough year for investors. Equities in particular have been jolted from one low to the next. So what can the markets expect from 2023? AllianzGI's global CIO for equities, Virginie Maisonneuve, gives her thoughts. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
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Comment - How EIOPA helps Europe's insurers 'keep up with the Kardashians'
28 December 2022EIOPA - and, separately, Insurance Risk Data - is helping practitioners to learn the latest about Europe's insurers, and their outsourcing preferences. By David Walker
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Baloise is sticking to its strategy
26 December 2022Matthias Henny, group chief investment officer at Baloise Group discusses inflation and the investment opportunities going forward. Interview by Abbie Wood
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How German CIOs are doing well, in 'doing good'
21 December 2022Germany's CIOs are a fairly heterogeneous group, but one thing - or actually three - fairly unites them these days: E, and S, and G. And the theme stretches from Allianz, almost all the way 'down' to the smallest GA-minnow the country has to offer. David Walker reports
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- BoE zeroes in on private market risks to insurers and UK financial system
- Meiji Yasuda expands backing of regional revitalisation startup
- Chart of the Week - The rise and rise of (small) insurers investing in private assets
- Insurance Development Forum reaches first close on Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund
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- Private credit: the feel-good factor?
- Private credit: are headline news and underlying performance one and the same?