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NZAOA expands target setting protocol to govvies and PE
31 January 2023Report authors Swiss Re's Bolli and Allianz IM's Riese discuss the key considerations of the protocol third edition. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Having fun with private equity investments
30 January 2023A small French mutual insurer tells Insurance Asset Risk how it has become one of the few insurers to make the most of the long-term equity rule in Solvency II... and how it had fun in the process. Vincent Huck reports
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Pension Insurance Corporation foray into infrastructure assets
25 January 2023From financing social housing to helping the London School of Economics build sustainably, to UK trainline rolling stock, PIC is full-steam ahead on debt investments, as Elizabeth Cain, head of debt origination there, explains to David Walker
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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
- Insurers hopeful Solvency II LTE reform will unlock €100bn RE opportunity
- Expect NAIC to shift gears on RBC reform in 2026, Wellington Management says
- NAIC takes aim at insurer investment subsidiaries
- The savings illusion: why Europe needs investment, not deposits - and the insurers' role
- Solvency II changes a "meaningful step" for securitised assets' allure, S&P says
- Expect lower growth in 2026 - but AI bubble not about to burst, Aviva Investors says
- Generali's Infranity invests in Irish independent power producer
- Private credit: are headline news and underlying performance one and the same?
- Private credit: an evolution of skills, a revolution of relations
- Canada Life completes £330m buy-in with Comet pension scheme