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Us versus them: finding the balance between regulators and the industry's objectives
19 July 2022Are regulators the heroes, guarantors of policyholder protection, while insurers are the villains in search of investment return? Not quite, Abbie Wood finds out.
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The death of life insurance
13 July 2022They were the bane of life for many CIOs, but a rich source of outsourcing for asset managers. Are traditional life policies - and their challenges for investing - now dead? David Walker investigates
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An irreversible shift: Insurance investment adapts to a world of climate extremes
11 July 2022Tim Hodgson and Marisa Hallr consider how the need for sustainability and rejuvenation of our planet will impact insurers' investment purpose.
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IAR EMEA: Under the hood of ESG data
06 July 2022ESG data has become known as 'sustainable investing's main challenge', yet, while some insurance investors bemoan the lack of data, lack of quality of the available data, others say 'lets get on with it'. Abbie Wood reports
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Solving the 'cash-drag' problem
05 July 2022As low rates keep hitting lifers and claims inflation bites non-lifers, managers serving them tell David Walker a review can help decide whether strategic cash can be redeployed, for a more meaningful role
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US Climate: Tackling the transition's complexity
30 June 2022The pressure for insurers to implement sustainability into their investments has never been greater. But doing so is not the easy task some may think, as panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's US Webinar on Climate and Sustainability discussed. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Illiquids: time to partner up?
28 June 2022Angela Jung, Senior Director of Investment ALM Risk at Athora, outlined to Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference why insurers should be preparing to face valuation risk on their journey into illiquids, and how asset managers could be the key to getting it right. Abbie Wood reports
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Things might go wrong, but if we live to see another day, it's all good - GSAM's Siegel says
22 June 2022Mike Siegel, Global Head of Goldman Sachs Insurance Asset Management, discusses the asset manager's annual insurance survey results, why inflation is the canary down the coalmine, and the risk of recession on the horizon.
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IAR EMEA: Prepare for a tough ride, economist warns
20 June 2022Swiss Re's chief economist Europe, Charlotte Müller told the audience at Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference to expect a recession, but not all speakers agreed. Abbie Wood reports
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Inflation - simply transitory or a permanent headache on the horizon?
15 June 2022The debate on whether current inflation is a transitory phenomenon or a structural shift came to life at Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2022 conference, where panelists discussed potential investment implication of each scenarios.
- 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
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