The pressure for insurers to implement sustainability into their investments has never been greater. But doing so is not the easy task some may think, as panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's US Webinar on Climate and Sustainability discussed. Sarfraz Thind reports
Angela Jung, Senior Director of Investment ALM Risk at Athora, outlined to Insurance Asset Risk's 2022 EMEA conference why insurers should be preparing to face valuation risk on their journey into illiquids, and how asset managers could be the key to getting it right. Abbie Wood reports
Mike Siegel, Global Head of Goldman Sachs Insurance Asset Management, discusses the asset manager's annual insurance survey results, why inflation is the canary down the coalmine, and the risk of recession on the horizon.
David Czerniecki, chief investment officer at Nassau Financial Group, in the second part of a two-part interview, discusses the current environment of inflation, rising rates and a potential recession, and how these impact today's investment decisions
David Czerniecki, chief investment officer at Nassau Financial Group, discusses in the first part of a two-part interview, his focus since joining the group in 2019, and how to hold your breath through a global pandemic.
Volatility, volatility everywhere and not a time to think. Guardian Life's CIO, Jean LaTorre, is dealing with what could be an unprecedented year of market storms, just two years into the job. Sarfraz Thind reports
Four Insurance CIOs describe at the Insurance Asset Risk 2022 real asset conference how they moved into real assets primarily for yield, but now see the asset class as a great hedge against inflation, too. Vincent Huck reports
There are giants in the asset management world... and then, there is BlackRock. Daniel Dunay talks about growing the company and why it is the number one insurance asset manager in the world. Interview by Sarfraz Thind
Todd Hedtke, Allianz Life's CIO, talks about how the day Russia invaded Ukraine unfolded for him and his reactions to the seesaw moves in the market.
John Schaefer, chief executive, says the insurance-focused asset manager will continue to maintain a client-first dictum. Sarfraz Thind reports