STRATEGY

 

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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STS ABS: Opportunities and expectations for European insurance investment portfolios
  • Thursday, May 08, 2025

The STS ABS market can offer attractive potential risk-adjusted returns to complement an exposure to high-quality corporate and government bonds.

CIOs: The uses are present but effectiveness still unclear around AI
  • Thursday, May 08, 2025

Panel of CIOs at Morningstar’s Investment Conference asks the big question – how do we assess the impact of emerging technologies like AI and their usefulness?

Is the barbell strategy still relevant or has the market cycle moved on?
  • Tuesday, May 06, 2025

Senior industry figures discuss whether 2024’s buzzword is still relevant with market moves.

How can asset managers advance trust with AI?
  • Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025

Ramzi Bibi, Head of Investment & Treasury, Arabia Insurance, and Nabil Mouchawar, Co-Founder, AI Research and Development, Cue Traders, discuss movements in the AI world as it makes its mark on the...

Can 2025 be the year for CRE’s big recovery?
  • Monday, Apr 28, 2025

David Politano, Managing Director, Head of Debt Strategies, Real Estate, at MetLife Investment Management, discusses challenges and opportunities in High-Yield Commercial Real Estate Debt.

How to adapt strategy for the administration and changes in economic performance
  • Wednesday, Apr 23, 2025

Federico Rodriguez, Global Head of Traded Markets, QBE, discusses what factors in the new administration should you be looking out for?

As a truly diversifying asset class, ILS continue to grow and deliver solid performance
  • Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) offer significant diversification benefits to investors due to their unique drivers, as reinsurance pricing and natural phenomena are separate from macroeconomic d...

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?