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Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2026

Following its huge success in previous years, the Insurance Asset Management Conference is back for 2026 and is one not to be missed!

Altmann tables amendment to allow UK life insurers to operate DB superfunds

Baroness Ros Altmann has tabled an amendment to the UK's Financial Services and Markets Bill that would enable Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)-authorised life insurers to establish, own or operate defined benefit (DB) superfunds outside their core insurance business

Pension bulk annuity volumes set to exceed £10bn in H1 2026

UK pension bulk annuity volumes for the first half of 2026 are expected to exceed £10bn, surpassing the £9.7bn of transactions completed during the same period last year, according to Aon

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Restore Britain unveils plan to abolish FCA/PRA in their current form

Restore Britain has unveiled a plan to abolish the FCA and the PRA in their current form

Pacific Life Re executes first asset-intensive reinsurance transaction in Hong Kong

Pacific Life Re has announced the successful execution of its first asset-intensive reinsurance transaction in Hong Kong

Finland’s Varma conducts review of gender equality on invested companies' boards

Finnish pension company, Varma, has conducted a review of gender equality on the boards of the listed companies in which it invests

Total assets of China’s insurers and insurance asset managers rise by 6.2% to RMB 43.9trn

Total assets of insurers and insurance asset management companies in China amounted to RMB 43.9trn as of the end of Q2 2026, up by 6.2% from the beginning of the year, latest figures from the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) have shown

Canada Life appoints operations director for bulk annuities

Canada Life has appointed Mark Fenlon as operations director for bulk purchase annuities (BPA), effective immediately

M&G completes £100m BPA deal with financial services scheme

M&G has completed a £100m bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction, covering 650 members of a pension scheme sponsored by an unnamed UK financial services company

Standard Life posts 25% profit jump as Aegon UK deal advances

Standard Life’s IFRS adjusted operating profit climbed 25% year-on-year to £563m in H1 2026, up from £451m a year earlier



Latest Features

The Expert View

Following Aon’s Insurance Investment Consultancy of the Year award win at the latest Insurance Asset Management Awards, Editor, Adam Cadle, gathers the latest thoughts from partners, Geoff Bauer and Lin Qu, about the insurance investment space

Sustainability stays strong in emerging debt markets

In an otherwise ugly environment for bond issuers and investors, the future for emerging market debt looks unquestionably green

Beyond US exceptionalism

The case for diversifying globally and across strategies with alternative credit

Bond investors need to understand the volatility cycle

Fixed income markets have become increasingly volatile, a trend that looks set to continue. Investors need to adapt themselves


 

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Setting a New Standard for Benchmarking Private Infrastructure Debt
As private infrastructure debt evolves, confidence comes from evidence. infraMetrics® uses real asset-level data to deliver credit insights and market-based curves where comparables are limited. A benchmark that guides insurers and investors through the uncertainties of today’s macro environment.
 
Navigating credit markets
Adam Cadle speaks to Jon Mawby, Head of Investment Grade Credit at Pictet Asset Management, about navigating the credit markets given yields have fallen to low levels over the past decades, whilst interest rate duration risk has continued to rise.
 
Opportunities in alternative fixed income
Adam Cadle speaks to Frank Meijer, Head of Alternative Fixed Income at Aegon Asset Management, about the key opportunities within the alternative fixed income space and how insurers can access these.
 
Why are government bonds so important when thinking about climate change?
Adam Cadle speaks to Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research, Ardea Investment Management, about the importance of government bonds and climate change, and how the scope of impact and potential for change couldn't be greater
 
Expert Views
How can we rethink insurance investment to solve the complexity challenge?
The model of insurance investing has been upended since the financial crisis by a confluence of challenges. New assets, strategies and partnerships have the potential to help insurers cut through this complexity and deliver sustainable solutions
 
Expert Views
New Rules, New opportunities: A return to European ABS for insurers?
At the height of the global financial crisis, insurance company investors withdrew from the securitised debt market and sold down their asset-backed securities (ABS) holdings. But a decade on, new regulation offers the potential for securitised debt to re-emerge as an attractive investment opportunity for Solvency II-regulated insurers, believes James King, Fund Manager at M&G Investments
 
Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey
Adam Cadle talks to Debbie McKay, Insurance Strategist on the themes uncovered in Schroders’ global survey of 200+ insurance companies
 
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Navigating insurance investment
Adam Cadle talks to Aon partner, Geoff Bauer, about how the firm helps insurers to achieve their objectives
 

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Impact Investing roundtable

 

Absolute Return Fixed Income roundtable

 

Pictet-roundtable

 

European Loans roundtable

 

BNP Paribas roundtable

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