Asian insurers turning to alternative credit

Nov 9, 2015

Insurers are having to take more risk despite forthcoming tighter rules around the assets they can hold. Regulatory inflexibility is not helping product innovation, says BlackRock's David Lomas.

Asian insurers turning to alternative credit

A perfect storm of monetary easing in Asia and Europe, expected US interest rate rises, lower bond yields and stricter solvency rules is playing havoc with insurance companies’ investment portfolios.

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