Market insight

  • Optimising the core

    How insurers can enhance fixed income portfolios

  • BlackRock- Adapt and thrive

    Download BlackRock's Global Insurance Report 2022. Adapt and thrive: Insurers seek opportunity in the changing world

  • Alternatives for cash management in volatile times

    Market volatility and uncertainty has put pressure on insurers' cash positions - alternative asset classes can offer a more attractive risk-return profile.

  • CLOs: Well-Suited for Difficult Economic Times

    CLOs are a trillion-dollar market that attracts a wide range of investors seeking attractive yields and diversification. In this Q&A, Barings' Melissa Ricco, Co-Head of Structured Credit, shares her latest views.

  • Cash dethroned

    Reallocation opportunities for insurers under Solvency II

  • Alternative thinking to meet today's objectives

    Low yields, stretched valuations and rising inflation call for creativity.

  • Unprecedented times call for (un)fixed income

    As we face a period of unparalleled disruption, we think taking an unfixed approach to fixed income is an advantage.

  • Making sense of UK ESG regulation

    Having set ambitious national climate targets, the UK has been largely content to follow the EU's lead regarding the Green Taxonomy, but there are divergences

  • Alternative fixed income for insurance investors

    In recent years alternative fixed income assets such as loans, infrastructure financing and private debt have become increasingly popular with professional investors.

  • Moving the Earth: The Power of Leverage

    Infrastructure debt and private placements offer a number of potential benefits to insurance investors—from a potential spread premium to diversification and strong covenants.

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