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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the riskier of them all?
01 January 2025CIOs from Hong Kong to New York and London to Bermuda, share the top risks on their mind
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Debunking the myths of EMD
30 December 2024Insurance Asset Risk discussed with Matthew Smith and Brett Diment of abrdn why insurers are still reluctant to invest in emerging market debt
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How is time changing insurers appetite for private assets?
25 December 2024Matthew Bass, head of private alternatives at AllianceBernstein (AB), discusses with Insurance Asset Risk the trends in the private asset space, insurer's changing tastes and his predictions for 2025.
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Exploring the demand in affordable housing
23 December 2024Mike Lohmeier, chief investment officer at IMPACT Community Capital, explains the current state of play in affordable housing investments in the US, and compares it to other real estate asset classes
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Moody's downgrade of France, the more things change the more they stay the same
18 December 2024Insurers and their asset managers react to the ramifications of the rating change going forward
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Insurers are picking up banks' fossil fuel financing slack
16 December 2024Rainforest Action Network says there is a "shocking lack of transparency about what insurers are underwriting and investing in"
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Does a litigious society pose a greater risk to insurers than global warming?
12 December 2024Insurance Asset Risk recently sat down with Chin Liu, director of insurance-linked securities (ILS), fixed income solutions and responsible investment research at Amundi US to discuss why ILS can be a good investment for life insurers and why eagle-eyed lawyers can pose a bigger risk to insurers than climate change.
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CIO Interview: Conning worried the Fed is not paying enough attention to inflation
09 December 2024Insurance Asset Risk sat down with Cindy Beaulieu, Conning's CIO for North America, to discuss the recent presidential election, the effect a second Trump administration could have on insurers, and the prospects for asset classes and investment risk in 2025.
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Japan's insurers put their weight behind plan for an 'asset management nation'
04 December 2024Tokyo wants Japan to be a nation known for good asset management - a goal that its insurers manifestly desire too
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Til tech do us part - are AI investments a love story for the ages?
02 December 2024Tech stocks and related companies have had ups and downs, with disappoints, broken promises and a summer wobble - but is it love that's here to stay?
- From major regulators to major ratings agencies, funded re causes concern
- Insurers' outsourced accounts triple proportion allocated to private markets over last decade, study finds
- Cathay Life commits $140m to three alternative investment structures
- Aviva joins £200m deal to fund build-to-rent community in Birmingham
- Comment - How the PRA has helped UK insurers seeking M&A
- La Caisse rejects UN allegation it participates in "economy of genocide"
- Barings invests $200m in Australian self-storage sector
- Chart of the Week: £80bn hay-day! Sun shines as UK underwriters wed
- Prudential appoints new group CIO from Goldman Sachs
- Axa plays CFO musical chairs