Global insurers aim to maintain a risk-on investment approach, with higher allocations to private equity, green bonds, and middle-market corporate loans, but also cryptoassets, according to a report by Goldman Sachs Insurance Asset Management.
The survey represents the views of 328 chief investment officers and chief financial officers handling more than USD 13tn in global balance sheet assets, per the report.
“In a sharp reversal from prior years, insurers now see rising inflation and tighter monetary policy as the largest threats to their portfolios. Amid strong wage growth and strong employment gains, the easy monetary policies of the pandemic-era are unwound and expected rate hikes are top of mind,” it said.
Commenting on the company’s findings, Mike Siegel, Global Head for Insurance Asset Management and Liquidity Solutions Businesses at the investment bank’s Asset Management arm, said that global insurers were also demonstrating a rising interest in crypto.
“This year, we...
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