April 25, 2024
Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser warned that there’s a risk to the growing number of insurers piling funds into direct lending opportunities. It’s one of many risks tied to the rise of the private credit industry that Fraser’s …
April 24, 2024
Firms operating in the UK are being advised to go through any products and services around which some sort of sustainability claim has been made, to ensure they’re not in the crosshairs of a regulatory crackdown that’s due to take …
April 5, 2024
For the first time, a fixed-income sector — private credit — topped the list of favored assets in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s annual survey of global insurance companies. Of the 359 executives polled, 53% ranked private credit among the top …
April 3, 2024
Generali announced it has completed the acquisition of Conning Holdings Ltd. (CHL) and Conning affiliates from Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings. The deal, which was first announced on July 6, 2023, has been structured as an …
March 6, 2024
Mosaic Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer, has launched a suite of specialized financial institutions products, offering $25 million in investment management insurance (IMI), blended with cyber and other coverage for asset managers, funds, and associated directors. The global company’s new …
November 30, 2023
The European Central Bank may need to take on a bigger role in supervising shadow banks as they are now bigger than conventional lenders and may be sitting on elevated risk, the outgoing head of the ECB’s supervision arm told …
November 6, 2023
Ratings agency Moody’s is creating a unit to research and rate private credit, the firm said on Monday. The unit will be headed by Ana Arsov, who will coordinate research and rating initiatives in the field, Moody’s Investors Service said …
August 28, 2023
One of the most lucrative, and contentious, trades of 2023 has emerged in an obscure corner of financial markets, minting overnight profits for the hedge fund crowd of as much as 35%. The play: Load up on 1980s-era bank bonds …
August 24, 2023
China’s securities regulator on Thursday granted approval to Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) to set up an onshore fund management company as Beijing vowed to step up efforts to attract foreign companies amid sluggish economic growth. The asset manager, an …
August 23, 2023
AXA Investment Managers is eliminating as many as 90 roles as the French firm aims to streamline part of the organization. The layoffs at AXA SA’s asset management arm, which had 2,600 employees at the end of 2022, will be …