ACC Eyes PPPs to Match Long Term Liabilities Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Insurance, Pacific Region, Real Estate Being faced with long-term claims, New Zealand’s ACC has invested in infrastructure and property, including public private partnerships and, more recently, social infrastructure investments, to match its liabilities Read More
ICWA Appoints New CIO Appointment, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Insurance ICWA has appointed Steve McKenna as its new CIO, following the departure of Julie O’Neill Read More
IAG appoints CIO Appointment, Asset Owners, Insurance Insurance company IAG has appointed Corrin Collocott as Chief Investment Officer Read More
BSP Life – Investing in the Community Chief Investment Officers, Insurance, Pacific Region The investment portfolio of Fijian insurance company BSP Life is unlike any other insurance company’s portfolio. CIO Craig Strong explains how Fijian culture and its economy have shaped the investment strategy Read More
Future Allocations of Long Tail Insurers Insurance Research by Frontier Advisors into 11 Australian government insurance schemes shows the trend to diversify into unlisted and alternative assets is likely to continue Read More
Resolution Life Australasia Builds Multi-manager Model Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Insurance Resolution Life’s CIO for Australasia has been given the task to build an investment function and move away from a single manager model. We speak to John Lucey about the process Read More
Asian Insurers See Net Zero Obstacles ESG, Insurance Insurance companies often face several obstacles in implementing net zero emission targets in their investment portfolios. We talk to abrdn’s Xiong Jian about what these are and why they are different from the net zero issues that other institutional investors grapple with. Read More
Don’t Give Up on ALM: McKinsey Insurance Although it is increasingly complex for insurance companies to match their liabilities, we shouldn’t give up on asset/liability matching just yet, McKinsey says. Read More
Liability-matching Increasingly Difficult Insurance Insurers are facing increasing difficulties in running liability-matched investment strategies, according to Frontier. In the current low yield environment, insurers are better off to look for further diversification, including in unlisted assets. Read More
