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- EIOPA launches consultation to ease reporting burden on insurers
- Positive early steps made by EU insurers in addressing biodiversity risk
- German insurer Versicherungskammer to boost infra investments by 25%
- Meiji Yasuda Life to avoid superlong Japanese debt for year or more
- Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2025
Positive early steps made by EU insurers in addressing biodiversity risk
Positive early steps by European insurers in addressing biodiversity risk have been made, according to EIOPA, but calls remain for stronger collaboration in key areas
German insurer Versicherungskammer to boost infra investments by 25%
Versicherungskammer Group, Germany’s largest public insurer, will increase its infrastructure investments by 25%, or €1.5bn, over the next five years to approximately €7bn
Meiji Yasuda Life to avoid superlong Japanese debt for year or more
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance intends to avoid actively investing in Japanese superlong-term government bonds for the next one to two years due to interest rates possibly rising and supply pressures building
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Four unnamed schemes complete buy-ins with Utmost Life and Pensions, totalling £177m
Four unnamed defined benefit (DB) schemes have completed buy-ins with Utmost Life and Pensions, worth a combined £177m, this year to date
Global top 20 insurers report 6.8% YoY average premium growth in 2024
The global top 20 insurers by premiums earned reported 6.8% YoY average premium growth in 2024, largely fuelled by a higher interest rate environment and significant gains resulting from favourable developments in equity markets, new data published by GlobalData has revealed
US insurers’ EM investments decline
US insurers’ investment in emerging markets (EM) bonds and stocks totalled $33bn in book/adjusted carrying value (BACV) at year-end 2024, which was a 14% decrease from year-end 2023 and a 32% decrease from five years earlier
Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2025
Following its huge success in previous years, the Insurance Asset Management Conference is back for 2025 and is one not to be missed
Macif to invest at least €300m in sustainability issues and excludes new LNG terminals
French mutual insurance company, Macif, has set itself the objective of financing a minimum of €300m by 2025 in responsible bonds or real economy funds that invest in the transition, whether energy, social, or biodiversity regeneration
Athora agrees to acquire PICG for £5.7bn
Athora has agreed to acquire Pension Insurance Corporation Group (PICG) for around £5.7bn
96% of institutional investors/wealth managers planning increased yield focus in anticipation of market correction
Ninety-six per cent of institutional investors and wealth managers plan to increase the yield focus in their portfolios over the next two years, with 83% of them saying they are doing so as they expect a stock market correction, new research from CrossLedger Capital has revealed
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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
Time for insurers to embrace the ESG opportunity
Sustainability is rapidly becoming a core focus in investment strategies and access to reliable data is key to putting money to work with the right fund managers
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
Strategic Credit: a nimble approach for an uncertain world
What are the advantages of active credit allocation in portfolios now that government bonds no longer serve their traditional purpose?
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
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
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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Swedish occupational pension and insurance assets fall by SEK 197m
Broadstone acquires ExactVAL
Understanding Capital Solutions
Adam Cadle talks to HSBC Asset Management’s head of capital solutions, Borja Azpilicueta, and head of insurance business, Deepak Seeburrun, about the firm’s capital solutions proposition.
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