Investment Officers
Once Again, Leading Asset Managers Reject Global Risk Reduction Rules
The world's multi-trillion dollar asset management industry has presented a united front to reject proposals aimed at mitigating risks in the sector, even after they were revised by regulators. The ...
Low Interest Rates ‘Quite Harmful’ to Insurers: Blackrock CEO
Lowering interest rates around the world to boost the global economy has reached a point where it is now "quite harmful" to clients, including pension funds and insurers, BlackRock Inc. Chairman and ...
Taking Blame for Bad Results Will Halt Stock Price Tumble: Research
When a public company's financial results take a hit, leaders can stop a freefall in the company's stock price if they publicly accept the blame for poor performance, new research reveals. ...
AXA Chief Outlines Climate Strategy
AXA Chairman and CEO Henri de Castries spoke at Climate Finance Day on May 22 in Paris. The following are his remarks in which he discusses what climate change means for the insurance industry as ...
Insurer AXA Joins Coal Divestment Movement Over Climate Change Risk
France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor. AXA ...
8 Trends Tied to How Millennials Differ from Prior Generations
As the largest generation in U.S. history, millennials have a lot of potential to change the investment landscape. A couple of weeks ago Goldman Sachs sent out a research note detailing which ...
Billionaire John Paulson’s Hedge Fund Grabs $800M AIG Stake
Billionaire John Paulson's hedge fund firm bought a position in American International Group Inc. in the first quarter valued at $800 million at the end of March, in his latest bet on the insurance ...
Third Point Re: U.S. Expansion Helped Grow New Business in Q1
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. reported solid gains in net income and new business during its 2015 first quarter, driven in part by its U.S. expansion efforts. The Bermuda-based reinsurer reported ...