Institutional Asset Management News and Insights
Macro Outlook Q1 2019 | It’s cold without the QE blanket
What a year 2018 has been: US GDP growth hit 4%, Global Earnings Per Share (EPS) rose to all-time highs, US taxes were cut by $1.5tn, US corporates bought $0.8tn of stock, unemployment fell to multidecade lows in the US, UK, Europe, Japan… …And yet… Cash outperformed...
A Capital Question
The last ten years have been something of a lost decade for the investment portfolios of niche insurers such as captives and mutuals. The recession of 2009 and the ultra-low interest rate environment that has persisted in its wake, has translated into precious little...
Rethinking Risk: a new approach to understanding risk in portfolios
Risk management is a core focus for insurers and nowhere is this more important than with the assets in their investment portfolios. Following a decade of low bond yields and muted market volatility, many insurers’ portfolios have gradually taken on more risk than...