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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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Pillar Life CIO's 2022: a year for the ages
19 December 2022Being a small new fish entering the big bad world of insurance investing may have unbalanced some in 2022. But Pillar Life used a deal of foresight in easing itself into one of the more turbulent years of our times. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Unbundling risk, liquidity and alternatives in Bermuda
14 December 2022On the back of the regulator's announcement of its intention to ramp up scrutiny on Bermudians' illiquid investments, insurers discuss their approach to alternative asset classes and the 'loose' concept of illiquidity. Vincent Huck reports
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- AllianzGI announces $270m close of APAC infra credit fund
- Insurers' unique position in the finances of climate risk
- NA lifers resilient in face of hypothetical private credit market stress, S&P Global Ratings says
- PGIM hires new head of insurance from Blackstone
- Allianz takes 51% stake in German battery storage platform
- German insurers welcome seismic pension reform - with caveats
- AllianzGI highlights remuneration transparency concerns in Swedish AGM decision