Analysis

  • Smoke and mirrors exercise in assessing climate risk in sovereigns

    04 September 2023

    NZAOA puts draft fourth edition of target-setting protocol up for public consultation

  • Momentum rising on stewardship engagement with sovereigns

    31 August 2023

    Thomas Dillon, head of sovereign ESG at Aviva Investors, discusses the lessons learned from the PRI's sovereign engagement on climate pilot initiatives, and the intricacies of engaging with finance ministers.

  • Secret plans - CIOs reveal how market risk's SCR elements (should) develop in future

    30 August 2023

    Insurance Risk Data has unearthed strategic data about how Europe's insurers expect the six sub-modules of their market risk SCR to evolve out to 2026. David Walker investigates

  • Insurance asset managers keep out of blue bonds' murky waters... for now

    28 August 2023

    Despite widespread praise of the recent Gabon blue bond transaction, AllianzGI and Axa IM reveal to Insurance Asset Risk why they ultimately didn't invest in it

  • Smooth sailing for AllianzGI trade finance funds

    23 August 2023

    David Newman, CIO for global high yield at AllianzGI, discusses how recent storms haven't rocked the boat of trade finance as an asset class.

  • Are we there yet?

    21 August 2023

    Central bank base rates continue to climb to decades-long highs over the summer, leaving market participants in a blur as to how far away the peak is

  • Comment: Athora deputy CEO on weathering the storm

    16 August 2023

    Michele Bareggi, president & deputy CEO at Athora Group, explains why investing in private markets combined with a robust investment risk framework is the key to weather the volatility storm

  • How to showcase the social value of buildings?

    14 August 2023

    PIC's Cléo Fitzsimons and Charles Beard discusses the UK insurer's proprietary ESG scorecard for real estate investments across 65 KPIs.

  • Blackstone: Size matters

    09 August 2023

    No matter what they tell you, size is important in this world. And Blackstone is up there with the biggest. Its insurance group has tripled assets in five years—and it does not intend to stop there.

  • IFRS 17: Are insurers ready for the same scrutiny they impose on their investees

    07 August 2023

    New accounting standards, including IFRS 17, are seeking to standardise insurance accounting globally and better reflect insurers financial positions to their investors. But is their message loud, or more importantly, clear? David Walker examines