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...
Japanese Insurer Sompo to Ramp Up Overseas Credit Investments January 9, 2026 By Nao Sano Sompo Holdings Inc. is aiming to increase investments in higher-yielding overseas credit to boost profits as traditional business flounders at...
Is the AI Boom a Bubble Waiting to Pop? Here’s What History Says January 6, 2026 By Henry Ren and Carmen Reinicke As the artificial intelligence trade continues to push the stock market to new highs, investors are increasingly asking if we’re...
Private Credit Ratings Face Fresh Scrutiny From Global Watchdogs December 22, 2025 By Laura Noonan and Silas Brown The private credit industry is facing fresh scrutiny from top global regulators over some of the ratings being assigned to...
Hong Kong Plans New Crypto, Infrastructure Rules for Insurers December 22, 2025 By Echo Wong The Hong Kong Insurance Authority is proposing a slate of new rules to channel insurance capital into assets including cryptocurrencies...
Viewpoint: The 2026 Forecast for European Insurers Is Partly Cloudy December 17, 2025 By Volker Kudszus, S&P Global Ratings The European insurers that S&P rates displayed good operating performance in the life and non-life segments in 2025, and we...
‘Shadow Banking’ Growing at Double the Rate of Traditional Lenders, FSB Says December 16, 2025 By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes The non-bank financial sector’s share of global assets grew to 51%, or $256.8 trillion, last year and expanded at double...
German Insurers Hold $108 Billion Illiquid Debt Pile, EIOPA Says December 15, 2025 By Nicholas Comfort German insurers are the most exposed in Europe to illiquid corporate bonds, a top watchdog said in one of the...
AXA Warns on Data Center ‘Gambles’ as Private Credit Risks Rise December 11, 2025 By Claudia Cohen French insurer AXA SA said it’s exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector,...
Bank of England Sees Rising Financial Risks From AI and Lending December 3, 2025 By David Milliken The Bank of England said on Tuesday that threats to Britain’s financial system had risen this year due to stretched...