Insurance Asset Risk 2017

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Lead sponsors

  • Muzinich & Co, founded in 1988 by George Muzinich, is an institutional asset management firm specialising in corporate credit. The company has offices in New York, London, Cologne, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris and Zurich. Muzinich currently manages USD 24.1 billion (as at 29 February 2016). Since its founding, the firm has focused on a relationship-based institutional business that stresses the importance of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns under a variety of market conditions.

    To learn more, please visit www.muzinich.com

Co-sponsors

  • Aegon Asset Management is a global, active investment manager. We use our investment management expertise to help people achieve a lifetime of financial security, with a focus on excellence, trust and partnership.

    Investors worldwide entrust Aegon Asset Management to manage approximately €331 billion on their behalf. Positioned for success in our chosen markets (the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia), Aegon Asset Management's specialist teams provide high-quality investment solutions across asset classes.

  • Aviva Investors

  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a leading global asset manager. We know investors want strong and repeatable risk-adjusted returns and we aim to deliver this through an active and consistent investment approach that is team-based, risk-aware and performance-driven. Our talented investment teams around the world work together to uncover investment insights.

    By sharing knowledge across asset classes and geographies we are able to generate richer perspectives on global, regional and local investment landscapes. The ability to exchange and debate investment ideas in a collaborative environment enriches our teams' investment processes to ensure our best insights are applied to portfolios. More importantly, it results in better-informed decisions for our clients.

    Our broad range of investment strategies and solutions are designed to meet the evolving needs of our clients, whether they are individuals, advisers or institutions. We are committed to first class client service and investment excellence. We have a dedicated team of more than 2,000 colleagues across the globe, all with a common goal.

    Visit: www.columbiathreadneedle.co.uk

  • Invesco has become one of the UK's leading independent asset managers, offering institutions diversified strategies and solutions spanning equities, fixed income, multi asset, real estate, private equity and other alternatives. We are recognised for providing specialist investment expertise and insight across an ever-widening range of investment capabilities, supporting insurance companies, local authority and corporate pension schemes and other UK institutions. While clients choose Invesco for many reasons, our high conviction style, passion to exceed and commitment to providing a superior investment experience underpins everything we do.

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  • NN Investment Partners has approximately £150 billion under management in fixed income, equity and multi-asset strategies. We manage assets for institutional and retail investors; covering insurance companies, pension funds, fiduciary managers and financial institutions.

    We are best known as a specialist fixed income manager, focusing on both traditional and alternative credit. We also offer clients solutions across the various credit asset classes. Depth of our expertise extends from Investment Grade Credit to Emerging Market Debt in both public and private markets. Our investment platform is organised as a collection of specialist boutiques, utilising our global resources and underpinned by a rigorous proprietary research process.

  • Ortec Finance provides technology and services to support insurance companies. We have a long standing international client base that gains significant insight into all aspects of the regulatory and risk process.

    Our solutions help insurance companies take a holistic view of investments, liabilities, corporate policy, Solvency II and ORSA. Furthermore, we offer enhanced economic forecasting using the latest stochastic modelling techniques and offer both real world and risk neutral scenario approaches to help our clients manage all aspects of the corporate risk management process.

    Our solutions can support numerous functions within the insurance company including strategic investment, risk management and the actuarial, compliance and regulatory teams by creating a consistent and integrated framework ensuring all aspects of risk and strategy are monitored.

    More information: www.ortec-finance.com/

Exhibitors

  • The success of our global insurance client base is integral to every decision made at New England Asset Management (NEAM). Since inception, our focus on the global insurance industry, constituting 99% of our business, has informed every aspect of the evolution of the services we provide.

    These investment management solutions are tailored to specifically support our insurance company clients in navigating the continually evolving environment and challenges of the global insurance industry.

    Visit www.neamgroup.com to learn more about our insurance solutions. 

  • Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is part of the Royal London Group, the UK's largest mutual insurer. We manage assets of over £104.5bn (as at 31 March 2017), across fixed interest, equities, cash and property. Around 55% of these are insurance assets. Our mutual ownership means that we invest for the long term, on behalf of both our clients and ourselves. Our investment teams are long-established and highly experienced, and have managed assets through all phases of the economic cycle. Our philosophy has enabled us to consistently add value over the longer term.

    Royal London has managed insurance assets within the UK for over 150 years. We believe that our understanding of insurance companies makes us well placed to help other insurers manage their own assets. We recognise the opportunities Solvency II brings and our client advisors regularly engage with our clients to discuss solutions in the new regime.

Marketing partners

  • InsuranceERM.com is an online service that has established itself as an indispensable source of information on all aspects of risk and capital management in the insurance industry.

    Take a free trial to www.insuranceerm.com to read news and articles of relevance for the people who run insurance and reinsurance companies and those that service and advise them. We add to this analysis and technical papers to enable CFOs, CROs, risk managers, Heads of Solvency, actuaries and others to carry out their jobs in a more informed way.