LATEST NEWS
- Insurance Asset Management Awards 2024 – winners announced
- Geopolitical risks could eat up 95% of European insurers’ capital surplus, S&P warns
- BoE warns of future risks from non-banks in markets crisis
- ‘Record’ volume of buy-in transactions in Q3 2024
- Over half of investors say current fixed income allocation is underweight
Geopolitical risks could eat up 95% of European insurers’ capital surplus, S&P warns
Geopolitical risks could eat up 95% of European insurers’ capital surplus, S&P Global Ratings has warned
BoE warns of future risks from non-banks in markets crisis
UK non-bank resilience to market shocks has increased in a number of sectors and firms over recent years, according to the BoE’s system-wide exploratory scenario (SWES) exercise, but some of that resilience could deteriorate or change over time, risking greater amplification by the financial sector in the future
‘Record’ volume of buy-in transactions in Q3 2024
The total value of buy-in and buyout transactions completed in the third quarter of 2024 reached around £20bn, marking the largest volume of transactions in the third quarter of any calendar year, according to analysis by Hymans Robertson
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Insurers found to be underutilising stewardship/advocacy opportunities on climate policy
A limited number of the world’s largest insurers and pension funds representing over £17trn in assets are utilising their influential position to drive climate policy advocacy in line with science-based pathways to net-zero, new analysis has found, and the majority are abdicating responsibility in this area
Insurance Asset Management Summit launched
Insurance Asset Management is pleased to announce the launch of the Insurance Asset Management Summit, to be held at Lingfield Park Racecourse on 25-26 March 2025
KION Group completes £250m buy-in with Canada Life
KION Group has completed a £250m full scheme buy-in transaction with Canada Life, securing the benefits of over 3000 members and covering five different UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes within the group
Over half of investors say current fixed income allocation is underweight
Over half (57%) of professional investors have stated that their current fixed income allocation is underweight, Managing Partners Group (MPG) has revealed
MNRPF agrees £450m longevity swap with MetLife
The trustee of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund (MNRPF) has agreed a £450m longevity swap with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
Mirova forms new real assets structure
Mirova has decided to group together its energy transition infrastructure, natural capital and private equity businesses on a single platform dedicated to real assets
Varma to invest €500m in new climate fund listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Varma is to invest €500m in a tailor-made ETF fund listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that takes climate impacts into account
Latest Features
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?
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.
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
A Different Approach to Direct Lending
Adam Cadle talks to HSBC Asset Management’s head of direct lending UK & Europe, Tom Green, and head of insurance business, Deepak Seeburrun, about the firm’s direct lending proposition.
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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
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