Asia insurers get tactical amid industry squeeze
Insurers in the region are eyeing more tactical asset allocation and increasingly using ETFs to that end, finds BlackRock research. They are also targeting illiquids, above all private equity.
Insurance companies across the board are worried about persistently low interest rates, but those in Asia Pacific are even more concerned about asset price volatility. This helps explain why they – more than their peers elsewhere – plan to cut their equity allocations, buy more private-market assets and increase their use of tactical asset allocation, according to BlackRock’s fifth annual global report on insurers’ investment strategies.
Ultimately, noted the paper, insurers globa…
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