LATEST NEWS
- 87% of global insurers now adopting hybrid asset management models
- UK insurers receive final framework for Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator
- Fortitude Re and Carlyle launch $700m Asia reinsurance sidecar
- Just Group provides £255m in financing for infra solution providers
- L&G completes £4.6bn buy-in with Ford pension schemes
UK insurers receive final framework for Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator
UK insurers have received a final framework for the Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator
Fortitude Re and Carlyle launch $700m Asia reinsurance sidecar
Fortitude Re and global investment firm, Carlyle, have announced the launch of reinsurance sidecar, FCA Re
Just Group provides £255m in financing for infra solution providers
Just Group has provided a total of £255m in financing for three infrastructure solution providers, Vantage Towers, Adapteo Group and Nordiqus
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US life insurers see rising risk from FABNs
US life insurers are seeing rising risk from funding agreement-backed notes (FABNs), Fitch Ratings has said
Sterling 20 unveiled by insurers and pension providers in push for growth
Twenty of Britain's largest insurers and pension providers are set to launch a new investor-led partnership, the Sterling 20, at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham tomorrow
RGA announces investment in FoxPath Capital Partners
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) has announced a strategic investment in, and multi-fund anchor commitment to, FoxPath Capital Partners, a New York-based specialist credit secondaries investment firm
L&G completes £4.6bn buy-in with Ford pension schemes
Legal & General Assurance Society (L&G) has completed two buy-ins totalling £4.6bn with pension schemes sponsored by Ford Motor Company, the largest pension risk transfer (PRT) announced in the UK this year
EIOPA launches new set of consultations related to SII review
EIOPA has opened a new series of consultation on legal instruments arising from the review of the Solvency II (SII) framework
News in brief 27/10
Columbia Threadneedle Investments announces new US Asset-Backed Securities Fund, and more...
Varma yields €2.9bn in first three quarters of 2025
The investments of Finnish pension insurance provider Varma yielded 4.5% between January and September 2025, equating to €2.9bn
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?
Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey
Adam Cadle talks to Debbie McKay, Insurance Strategist on the themes uncovered in Schroders’ global survey of 200+ insurance companies
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
Navigating insurance investment
Adam Cadle talks to Aon partner, Geoff Bauer, about how the firm helps insurers to achieve their objectives
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UK insurers receive final framework for Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator
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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.
