With a deep understanding of the insurance sector and experience in insurance investment management, we work closely with client companies to achieve their specific investment objectives.
Our aim is to develop customised solutions for our clients. Focusing on specific clients’ goals, our Invesco Insurance Investment Solutions team, based in Paris, looks to optimise investment returns for both policyholders and shareholders under specific insurance constraints: liabilities, accounting earnings, regulatory capital and risk management.
Municipal Bonds: the case for inclusion in European Insurers' portfolios
US municipal bonds are worth considering for European insurers portfolios as they may provide a source of diversification and for their relative value compared to Euro corporate bonds.
Coming down the mountain: Why the descent from peak interest rates should be favourable for corporate bonds
Matthew Chaldecott thinks that there is a window of opportunity in corporate bonds, with the environment looking favourable for returns in 2024 as policy rates fall. Find out what investors can expect as we “come down the mountain”.
Insurance 2024 investment outlook
2024 should mark the beginning of the end for reforms to Solvency II. Having fired the starting gun in February 2019, almost four years later the Commission, European Parliament and European Council are negotiating the final contours of the reform package.
Solvency II reforms: into the finishing straight?
Despite well-publicised differences between the UK Government and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in relation to changes to the Fundamental Spread, UK reforms to Solvency II look set to provide a significant degree of capital relief for insurers. Other promised benefits include reducing red tape and simplifying the overall regime.
A farming model for insurers: buy and maintain portfolio in fixed income
After having to endure many years of meagre yields in fixed income, and one of the worst total return performances in 2022, we believe 2023 presents us with as generous an outlook as we have seen in ten years.
How can insurers protect against the havoc of inflation?
Investors of all kinds need to protect their portfolios from the damage inflation can inflict – whether over the short term or the longer term. Insurers are no exception in this regard. Could insurers now benefit from investments outside their traditional asset allocations?
Emerging Market Investment Grade Debt a source of diversification for insurers
In a low-yield world, Emerging Market Investment Grade Debt can offer attractive long-term returns and a source of diversification for insurers.
US municipal bonds can be considered a natural fit for ESG investment
While the US municipal sector tends to be less widely recognized in the ESG investing space, many of the ideals of responsible investing are embedded in most US municipal bonds.
Climate scenario analysis: the devil is in the detail
While the landscape of climate scenario analysis is at present complex and potentially confusing, the reality is that insurers cannot afford to adopt a “wait and see” attitude.
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*Source: Invesco as at 31 December 2022.
