Market insight

  • The Staying Power of Commercial Mortgage Debt

    Amid the prolonged low-rate environment of recent years, many insurers have looked for ways to enhance yield without taking on more risk

  • Building diversified and flexible private debt mandates for insurers

    Private debt offers a broad and diverse investment universe that is often well-suited to an insurer's balance sheet.

  • Four Themes for Insurance Asset Management in 2021

    Insurers have fared relatively well through the pandemic, but there is likely a long and uneven road to recovery ahead.

  • The more things change, the more they stay the same

    Core CMLs can offer a number of benefits to insurance investors—from a material spread premium over similarly rated corporates, to low historical defaults and delinquency rates, to diversification.

  • Is it time to consider a higher yield infrastructure debt strategy?

    We believe the higher yielding debt segment of the market currently can offer a highly attractive risk/return profile many insurers after adjusting for Solvency II capital charges.

  • Climate Risk for Insurers - the pathway to Net Zero

    Discover how Phoenix Group partnered with Invesco to create a multi-stage journey to achieving Net Zero.

  • Cash dethroned: reallocation opportunities for insurers under Solvency II

    Exploring the reallocation of cash holdings to higher-yielding defensive assets, without incurring excessive risks or capital costs under Solvency II.

  • Why are Insurers Allocating to Emerging Market Debt?

    The risk and return opportunity set currently offered by emerging market (EM) debt allocations, particularly EM corporates, continues to draw insurers' attention. Read on to learn why.

  • Optimizing investment returns in challenging markets

    Conning consultants Mark Saunders and Alexey Botvinnik discuss the impact of current market conditions on the modelling of portfolios in light of their recent whitepaper on strategic asset allocation.

  • Investment Outlook 2021 - meeting the post-Covid challenges

    With a path back to some form of normality now emerging, a look at how to adapt portfolios and the overall asset management approach to withstand the new environment

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