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- Inflation top market concern for global insurers; bond ETF adoption on the rise
- EC calls on Slovak insurance supervisory authority to fully comply with SII
- Prudential and MetLife complete $16bn IBM PRT deal
- Delaware Life arranges $400m credit facility with Fundamental Renewables
- US insurers’ CLO exposure increases by 12%
EC calls on Slovak insurance supervisory authority to fully comply with SII
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a formal opinion requiring the Slovak insurance supervisory authority (Národná banka Slovenska, NBS) to fully comply with Solvency II
Prudential and MetLife complete $16bn IBM PRT deal
Prudential has been selected alongside MetLife to participate in a $16bn pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), the second-largest PRT ever in the US market
Delaware Life arranges $400m credit facility with Fundamental Renewables
Delaware Life has arranged a $400m credit facility with Fundamental Renewables, the clean energy investment arm of Fundamental Advisors (Fundamental)
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Valuation uncertainty expected to be ‘even greater’ for securitised private assets than sub-prime mortgages
Valuation uncertainty is expected to be even greater for securitised private assets than sub-prime m mortgages, the BoE’s executive director for insurance Charlotte Gerken has said
UK interest rates increase to 2.25%
The Bank of England has raised UK interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 2.25% in an attempt to combat soaring inflation amid the cost of living crisis
Mini-budget ‘music to the ears’ of UK insurers
The UK’s Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that later this autumn the government is to bring forward an "ambitious deregulatory package" to "unleash the potential of the country’s financial services sector", including scrapping EU rules from Solvency II to free up billions of pounds for investment
US insurers’ CLO exposure increases by 12%
US insurers’ CLO exposure increased by 12% to $216.3bn as of year-end 2021, from $192.9bn at year-end 2020, latest figures published by AM Best have shown
HSBC to phase out thermal coal
HSBC Asset Management has announced its policy to phase out coal-fired power and thermal coal mining from its listed holdings
Swiss Re’s Group CIO Guido Fürer to retire
Swiss Re’s Group CIO and country president Switzerland, Guido Fürer, has decided to retire effective 31 March 2023, after 25 years with the company and having served as group CIO for a full decade
Nippon Life makes first transition loan agreement valued at ¥950m
Nippon Life has made a syndicated loan agreement valued at ¥950m with Sumitomo Chemical Company
Latest Features
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
Infrastructure investment interest growing among insurers; supply problems remain
Europe's insurers are becoming increasingly interested in infrastructure assets, but more action is required by policymakers to unlock future potential investment, according to a survey conducted by Insurance Europe
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
Real estate debt: a compelling investment case for insurers
Insurance companies are increasingly seeking investments that offer both attractive returns and make efficient use of capital. A growing number are recognising the valuable role that real estate debt – specifically senior mortgages on commercial property – can play within a core fixed income portfolio – and the multiple benefits it can offer large-scale investors with longer investment horizons and capacity to accept illiquidity
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.
Portfolio optimisation in today’s challenging market environment
Adam Cadle speaks to Dr Laura Ryan, Head of Research at Ardea Investment Management, about the firm’s insurance asset allocation optimisation tool and the reasons for developing it
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
The role ETFs can play in the ESG journey for insurers
Justin Wheeler, Head of UK iShares Asset Owner Distribution at BlackRock, and Mark Guirey, Head of EMEA Insurance Segment and UK Asset Owner Client Coverage at MSCI, discuss the drivers behind growth in this area, market reactions to COVID-19, and the role of indexing
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DIVERSIFIED PRIVATE CREDIT
Editor Adam Cadle talks to BNP Paribas Asset Management head of pension solutions Julien Halfon about investing in diversified private credit
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