Canadian Firms Have $360 Billion of Private Credit Exposure, Mostly in US August 19, 2026 By Paula Sambo Canadian financial institutions and funds have amassed roughly C$500 billion ($360 billion) of exposure to private credit, most of it...
Wall Street Leans on Insurance Pools for $16 Billion Kuwait Deal August 18, 2026 By Laura Gardner Cuesta and Dinesh Nair Three Wall Street giants used capital from the insurance industry to finance a large chunk of a $16 billion pipeline...
Allianz to Buy UOB Asset Management Unit as CEO Targets Asia August 5, 2026 By Manuel Baigorri, Leonard Kehnscherper, Elffie Chew and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen Allianz SE agreed to buy the asset management unit of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd., marking the German insurer’s second...
Brookfield Merges Insurance Unit as Flatt’s Overhaul Takes Hold May 14, 2026 By Layan Odeh Brookfield Corp. is merging its shares with those of its insurance business as the firm pushes ahead with plans to...
Viewpoint: Japan and Korea Insurers to Accelerate M&As in the US and Globally April 29, 2026 By Teruki Morinaga and Sue Kim Japan and Korea insurers have shown unprecedented demand for M&As and strategic investments overseas in the past few years, targeting...
Surge of Insurance Capital Into Private Markets Boosts Hiring, Pay Deals February 25, 2026 By Esteban Duarte The surge of insurance capital into private markets is boosting hiring and pay deals in the sector despite recent jitters,...
The $3 Trillion AI Data Center Build-Out Becomes All-Consuming for Debt Markets February 3, 2026 By Paula Seligson More than $3 trillion. That’s the staggering price tag to build the data centers needed to prepare for the artificial...
Egan-Jones Ratings No Longer Recognized by Bermuda Regulator January 23, 2026 By Silas Brown, Alexandre Rajbhandari and Laura Benitez Egan-Jones Ratings Co. has been removed from the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s list of recognized credit ratings providers, according to recent...
Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts January 23, 2026 By Naomi Rovnick, Simon Johnson and Simon Jessop Big Northern European investors are increasingly wary of the risks of holding U.S. assets in the face of geopolitical tensions,...
Insurers Buy Erste SRT Deal Linked to €10 Billion Loans for M&A January 9, 2026 By Esteban Duarte and Marton Eder Erste Group Bank AG sold a significant risk transfer linked to more than €10 billion ($11.7 billion) of loans as...