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Insurers’ investment strategies are constantly evolving in response to, as well as in anticipation of, market, economic, and own organisational changes. Here we provide insight and analysis into the views of market participants and influencers on the latest developments taking place globally and how they have impacted asset allocation, investment, and trading decision-making.

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Roberts takes over as CIO at Pool Re
  • Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025

Successor announced as Ian Coulman retires from the terrorism reinsurer.

Expecting the unexpected with more robust bond portfolios
  • Friday, Apr 11, 2025

How to diversify your portfolios and be prepared for different scenarios?

Zurich appoints new CIO for Australia
  • Thursday, Apr 10, 2025

Deputy Chief Investment Officer Yile Chen takes over from long-standing predecessor.

How should a constrained credit environment change your strategies on portfolio construction?
  • Tuesday, Apr 08, 2025

Industry figures give their views on where you should be looking for yield in a constrained credit spread environment in risk repricing.

How can life insurers integrate private assets into asset allocation
  • Monday, Apr 07, 2025

Nikil Kannan, Head of Investment Strategy, Asset Allocation and ALM, Equitable, discusses the factors to consider when maximising returns and risks when diversifying a portfolio for life insurers.

A complete guide to parametric insurance
  • Thursday, Apr 03, 2025

What is parametric insurance and how might it transform the industry?

How much flexibility do CIOs need to be efficient?
  • Thursday, Apr 03, 2025

Industry figures give their views on what level of openness to ideas and different third-party vendors investment teams need to have in order to keep up with trends and new tech.

Market reacts with nerves and volatility to tariffs from US - what might happen next?
  • Thursday, Apr 03, 2025

Trump’s much vaunted ‘Liberation Day’ causes market volatility and controversy – what is the reaction from the investment sphere to the tariffs?

The evolving landscape of fixed income investing
  • Wednesday, Apr 02, 2025

Ardea Investment Management explores how relative value enhances investment-grade credit portfolios through uncorrelated returns and effective diversification.

What should investors be looking at around the US fiscal deficit?
  • Monday, Mar 31, 2025

Industry figures explore the ideas around the near-, medium- and long-term trajectory of where the US is moving with its fiscal deficit.

Balancing liquidity and yield: asset allocation in an era of uncertain interest rates and market volatility
  • Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025

Exploring drivers for optimal asset allocation in an era of uncertain interest rates and market volatility.

Private assets continue to climb in importance for insurers
  • Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025

New report from Goldman Sachs Asset Management highlights enthusiasm for private assets for all geographies.

What are insurance regulatory issues for insurance asset managers?
  • Monday, Mar 24, 2025

Kathleen Birrane, Former Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Partner in Litigation and US Insurance Regulatory Practice Leader, DLA Piper, discusses what steps regulators are taking with respect to in...

How dragons could fire up UK growth - private markets are a panacea, but investors need to take more risk
  • Tuesday, Mar 18, 2025

The secrets of unlocking private markets were explored at the PLSA’s annual conference last week in Edinburgh - but what could it really mean for the UK economy?

Assessing Sovereigns’ Progress Towards Net Zero for Fixed Income Investors
  • Monday, Mar 17, 2025

At AXA IM, we have developed a framework that evaluates progress towards net zero for corporates, based on the NZIF and resulting IIGCC.