Market insight

• Martello Re: Building a Reinsurer from the Ground Up

  This Barings podcast episode with a Bermuda-based reinsurer discusses how trusted partnerships have been the key to tackling challenges ranging from investment returns to hiring and beyond.

  

• Voluntary Carbon Markets: Don't let the nuance be lost in the noise

  The integrity of some of the world's Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) schemes is a hot-button issue. Read the latest update from Federated Hermes' UK Nature Impact team to understand why it's important not to let the nuance get lost in the noise.

  

• Alternatives: The importance of diversification in today's market

  While the changing investment environment is presenting new challenges, alternatives remain important for insurers seeking enhanced income, returns and diversification.

  

• Private Credit's 'Free Lunch' for Insurers

  Private assets don't trigger any additional capital charges above what regulators require of equivalent public assets in insurer portfolios. That makes private credit's illiquidity premium the investment equivalent of a "free lunch."

  

• From climate risk analysis to investment decision making

  Download Ortec Finance's latest white paper which discusses incorporating climate risk into investment decision making using scenario analysis, along with some of the challenges associated with doing so.

  

• Emerging market investment grade debt: An attractive alternative for insurers

  Emerging market investment grade debt offers insurers high credit quality, elevated yields and income generating potential, and diversification benefits.

  

• The Evolving Opportunity in Infrastructure Debt

  In addition to infrastructure debt's defensive nature, diversification benefits and potential to offer compelling risk-adjusted returns, infrastructure's "essentiality" underscores its appeal throughout the economic cycle.

  

• European insurance midyear investment outlook: strong capital supports a broadly positive view

  European insurers remain broadly confident in their investment outlook. We explore the key opportunities - and risks - they're facing at midyear.

  

• Changing demand dynamics: Opportunities for European insurers

  As DB schemes approach the end game and continue to rebalance their portfolios, we think insurance companies have an opportunity to capture value opportunities across a range of asset classes.

  

• Untangling complexity: A step-by-step guide to crafting optimal portfolios under the Matching Adjustment

  In this paper we bring together guidance and practical recommendations covering all of the key regulatory requirements for insurers building Matching Adjustment (MA) portfolios in the UK market.