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Insurance Asset Management Conference back for 2026

Following its huge success in previous years, the Insurance Asset Management Conference is back for 2026 and is one not to be missed!

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Vontobel appoints Emmanuel Archampong as head of insurance solutions

Vontobel has appointed Emmanuel Archampong as head of insurance solutions

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UK insurers urge BoE’s regulator to rethink stress tests

The UK’s insurance industry is urging the PRA to rethink its live crisis simulation, citing heavy reporting demands and unrealistic scenarios in a stress test that pushed firms “to their absolute limit”

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Industry over a fifth of the way towards £100bn UK growth pledge

The insurance and long-term savings sector is over a fifth of the way towards its commitment to invest £100bn in UK productive assets across the next decade, with latest figures confirming progress of £22.8bn since 2024, the ABI has revealed

Insurers deepen private credit exposure as appetite grows for fund finance, infrastructure and asset-based lending

US and European insurers are deepening private credit exposure as appetite for fund finance, infrastructure and asset-based lending continue to grow, according to Moody’s Ratings

Altmann tables amendment to allow UK life insurers to operate DB superfunds

Baroness Ros Altmann has tabled an amendment to the UK's Financial Services and Markets Bill that would enable Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)-authorised life insurers to establish, own or operate defined benefit (DB) superfunds outside their core insurance business

Canada Life commits $10bn to Canadian infrastructure and nation-building projects

Canada Life has committed $10bn to Canadian infrastructure and nation-building projects over the next five years

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PIC reports adjusted operating profit before tax of £528m

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has reported an adjusted operating profit before tax of £528m in the six months to 30 June 2026, compared with £311m during the same period in 2025

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Former Just Group CIO joins NLC Capital Partners as senior adviser

Former Just Group chief investment officer (CIO), David Ramroop, has joined NLC Capital Partners (NLC) as senior adviser

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BlueOrchard announces $250m first close for Climate Action Mobilisation Fund backed by Daido Life/Aviva Investors

BlueOrchard, part of the Schroders Group, has announced a US$250m first close for its Climate Action Mobilisation Fund (BOCAMF), backed by Aviva Investors and Daido Life Insurance Company, as well as commitments from Schroders, British International Investment (BII) and FinDev Canada

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Latest Features

The Expert View

Following Aon’s Insurance Investment Consultancy of the Year award win at the latest Insurance Asset Management Awards, Editor, Adam Cadle, gathers the latest thoughts from partners, Geoff Bauer and Lin Qu, about the insurance investment space

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

Beyond US exceptionalism

The case for diversifying globally and across strategies with alternative credit

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


 

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In Conversation with IAM: Why Insurers Are Turning to Aviva Investors' ReturnPlus
In partnership with IAM, Todd Cutting and Mike Leonard discuss Aviva Investors' ReturnPlus strategy and its potential benefits for insurers. Our short video explores the strategy's key features and explains how it can provide flexibility, improve return on capital, and remove interest rate risk.
 
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
 
Setting a New Standard for Benchmarking Private Infrastructure Debt
As private infrastructure debt evolves, confidence comes from evidence. infraMetrics® uses real asset-level data to deliver credit insights and market-based curves where comparables are limited. A benchmark that guides insurers and investors through the uncertainties of today’s macro environment.
 
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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
 

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Impact Investing roundtable

 

Absolute Return Fixed Income roundtable

 

Pictet-roundtable

 

European Loans roundtable

 

BNP Paribas roundtable

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