Insurers

Insurers are pivoting to long-term strategies, diversifying into alternative assets to generate the stable cash flows needed to match their long-term liabilities.

With the world's number two economy losing steam and yields harder to find, insurers are shifting from static strategies to tactical asset allocation, the life insurer's CIO says.

Future Fund CIO Ben Samild is leaving the SWF to join the Abu Dhabi Investment Council; Brighter Super CIO steps down; Aware Super bolsters European team with valuations lead; and more.

Risk-based capital frameworks across Asia are fundamentally changing how insurance investment teams approach asset allocation, with interest rate challenges and capital efficiency becoming central to investment strategy development.

With capital market rotations accelerating and old models breaking down, the Hong Kong-based life insurer sees building in-house agility as key to generating alpha and managing risk.

Ping An is boosting portfolio performance through smart bond timing, high-dividend equities and strategic investments in tech and sustainability.

Specialist climate investor Clean Energy Finance Cooperation and Canadian pension fund La Caisse launch agricultural platform Meldora to generate carbon credit units; Australian Retirement Trust backs 5-year ESG strategy with $666m Macquarie climate fund investment; and more.

Life insurers are backing quality over risk as market conditions improve but uncertainty lingers. Our latest survey reveals where they're placing their most calculated bets and why flexible mandates are becoming the new playbook.

Institutional investors from Singapore, Qatar and Canada are backing a $13 billion Series F fundraising round for the AI platform Anthropic; Temasek is set to make a minority investment in Nuveen's private credit arm; AustralianSuper to keep US Treasury holdings; and more.

The insurer is ramping up its push into private markets while sharpening its investment focus on Hong Kong and mainland China.

Benjamin Deng talks about plans to drive growth, his views on the private credit market and how energy innovation could reshape the global economy.

Pension fund AustralianSuper plans to add at least 10 more private equity managers by 2030; Japan public service employee pension fund announces exit from 10 out of 27 active funds; and more.