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Factor investing: what are the facts?
23 April 2019While there has been a lot of hype around factor investing in the last decade, the jury is still out as to whether these types of strategies are of interest for insurers. David Turner looks at the state of play
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Lloyd's syndicates $100m outsourcing treasure
18 April 2019In the second part of our two-part series on Lloyd's syndicates and their investments, David Walker analyses their portfolio allocations and performance, uncovering a treasure most asset managers would want a map to.
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Baloise CIO on navigating a negative interest rates environment
16 April 2019Matthias Henny, chief investment officer at Baloise Group talks about the challenges of operating in a negative interest rates environment, how the reallocation of assets has helped stabilise returns, and why he sees opportunities to grow external assets under management. Interview by Adam Leach
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Lloyd's syndicates open up about investment outsourcing
11 April 2019Research by Insurance Risk Data reveals the 2018 winners and losers of the mandated asset managers for Lloyd's syndicates. David Walker reports on who won which mandates, who received applause and who wasn't that lucky.
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Green bond strategies split French CIOs and CROs
09 April 2019The difference in approach between insurers' risk and investment functions has been revealed at an event organised by the French institute of actuaries, in partnership with Schroders and Axa. This examined insurers' strategies to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Vincent Huck reports
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How investment regulations affect insurers’ ratings – the agency’s perspective
04 April 2019Antonello Aquino, associate managing director for EMEA at Moody’s, speaks about the evolution of the regulatory framework for insurers in Europe, and considerations for their investments. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Next recession to hit US insurers’ assets harder than 2008 crisis
02 April 2019The recession is coming in 2020, according to Guggenheim Investments and will be focused on the corporate bond sector. This, coupled with increased leverage and poorer liquidity, suggests the next downturn could be worse for US insurers than 2008. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Insurers and investment risk - the rating agency’s perspective
28 March 2019Antonello Aquino, associate managing director for EMEA at Moody’s, discusses why insurers are becoming more and more like asset managers, and the current trend towards riskier assets. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Insurers need high-tech solutions in a low-liquidity world
26 March 2019Peter Cornax, senior insurance investment strategist at AllianceBernstein, looks at how technology can solve illiquidity challenges as well as make investment teams faster and smarter
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Is it really a small world after all? Protectionism strikes back
21 March 2019Most insurers’ chief investment officers and asset managers have grown up investing during the long trend of beneficial globalisation. The trend was their friend. But as evidence of its unravelling builds, they are asking if the elastic is just stretching or about to snap back. Vincent Huck went in search of answers
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