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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Timberland – A growing asset class
  • Friday, Sep 27, 2024

Commercially managed forests, known as timberland, can play an effective and significant role in investment portfolios.

What is the role of private markets at different points in the credit cycle?
  • Monday, Sep 23, 2024

What do insurance investors need to be aware of, and most careful of, when trying to use a private markets allocation strategically?

MS Amlin appoints new Head of Investments
  • Monday, Sep 23, 2024

Emma Snowdown joins MS Amlin from Direct Line Group.

Economist’s View: How to navigate a volatile market
  • Wednesday, Sep 18, 2024

Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Advisor, Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), discusses navigating a volatile environment whilst staying on top of new risks, reporting regimes, and techno...

ESG duration risk – what are the crunch points and opportunities?
  • Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024

What should institutional investors consider about the short and long-term prospects and risk profile of investments, sectors, and demographics involved in ESG investment.

Emerging Market Corporate Debt: A Potential Core Investment for Institutional Insurance Investors
  • Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024

For institutional insurance investors, the investment grade segment may be attractive as a core allocation, but the high yield segment offer more opportunities.

Stochastic modelling and AI – what are the new developments?
  • Monday, Sep 16, 2024

Hens Steehouwer, Chief Innovation Officer, and Hamish Bailey, Head of Insurance and Investment, from Ortec Finance, discuss the latest innovations in stochastic modelling and Artificial Intelligence.

Liquidity optimisation for insurers: Building a bespoke portfolio solution
  • Friday, Sep 13, 2024

Aviva Investors looks at how bespoke liquidity portfolios that take into account the interplay between different assets can suit insurers' needs.

What technology strategies should firms be looking at?
  • Thursday, Sep 12, 2024

Keith Viverito, Managing Director of EMEA & APAC at Clearwater Analytics, discusses the challenges and opportunities in today’s technology-focused market, and where he sees many insurance firms goi...

How do you optimise the integration and retention of information across workforce models?
  • Monday, Sep 09, 2024

Erik Vynckier, Investment Committee Chair, Foresters Friendly Society, discusses workforce models around the employee, contractor, and consultant.

Royal London Asset Management – Insurance investment update September 2024
  • Tuesday, Sep 03, 2024

Royal London Asset Management assesses regulatory developments and which investment strategies could help insurers navigate the current market environment.

CCR Re appoints new Head of Investments
  • Monday, Sep 02, 2024

French reinsurer appoints Sébastien Jallet from its carrier company.

The perfect storm: Deglobalisation’s headwinds
  • Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024

Globalisation – the rising interconnection of the world's economies and populations – is facing at least five different headwinds.

How much are insurance investors changing their allocations?
  • Wednesday, Aug 21, 2024

Todd Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Builders Insurance Group, discusses what strategic decisions need to be taken to get the best results - and why you should be looking carefully.

Boom & Boon: Residential Mortgage Loans for Insurers
  • Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024

Angel Oak Capital highlights the influx of US life insurance companies investing in residential mortgage loans and provides a market update on Non-QM loans.