Podcast Center
Podcast Center
Tune in to the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast, hosted by our Managing Partner, Stewart Foley, CFA. Our podcast features insightful conversations with CIOs, asset managers, and other distinguished professionals in the insurance asset management industry. Each episode delves into the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities, providing listeners with valuable perspectives and practical advice. Our podcasts are available in the Podcast Center and through popular distribution channels like Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Don’t miss out on these engaging discussions that are essential for insurance investors and asset managers.
Gold's Enduring Tailwinds with Aakash Doshi
Aakash Doshi, Global Head of Gold for the SPDR ETF business at State Street Global Advisors, joins the InsuranceAUM.com Podcast to discuss what has driven gold’s recent performance and how institutional investors are thinking about its role in portfolio construction.
CLO BBs and Equity
Shiloh Bates, CFA of Flat Rock Global discusses how CLOs work, what’s driving today’s default environment, and how insurers can evaluate risk and return across the CLO capital stack.
Diversifying Within Structured Credit
Noelle “Elle” Sisco of First Eagle Napier Park discusses how insurers can approach structured and alternative credit, with insights on collateral quality, active management, liquidity, and navigating late-cycle credit markets.
Navigating Economic Currents: Shaping Insurance Investment Strategies
Conning’s Cindy Beaulieu and Matt Reilly join the podcast to discuss insurance portfolio strategy, market volatility, ALM, liquidity, and regulatory focus.
Infrastructure Equity in Today’s Markets: Themes, Trends, Opportunities
Gianluca Minella of InfraRed Capital Partners joins Stewart Foley to discuss how insurers are increasing allocations to infrastructure equity and why the asset class is gaining momentum.
Building Resilient Portfolios for Insurers: DoubleLine’s Long-History Insights on ABS and ABF
DoubleLine’s Andrew Hsu and Fifi Wong join the InsuranceAUM Podcast to explore how insurers can build resilient portfolios through structured credit, ABS, and asset-based finance.
Convergence with Armen Panossian, Raghav Khanna, and Danielle Poli
How are private and liquid credit evolving into complementary forces? And how can combining these two distinct but interlinked markets be of benefit to both investors and issuers? In an in-depth conversation, Armen Panossian (Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit), Raghav Khanna (Co-Portfolio Manager, Strategic Credit), and Danielle Poli (Assistant Portfolio Manager, Global Credit) discuss the implications of the liquid-private credit convergence.
Emerging Markets Debt - Investing in Stability Amongst an Ever-Changing Landscape
Siddharth Dahiya of Aberdeen Investments joins Stewart Foley to explore how insurers can navigate the evolving opportunities and risks in emerging market debt.
The Low Rate Environment Could Impact Products and Investment Portfolio Mix
Bob Huang of Morgan Stanley joins the InsuranceAUM.com podcast to discuss how a lower-rate environment could reshape insurance product innovation and portfolio strategy.
Looking at Possibility for a Steeper Yield Curve, Says Jeffrey Gundlach
DoubleLine founder and CEO Jeffrey Gundlach joins CNBC's "Closing Bell" to discuss Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's remarks after the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate to a range of 3.75%-4%.
Perspectives: Matching Liabilities With Opportunity: Fixed Income Strategies for Insurers
DoubleLine’s Phil Gioia, Client Portfolio Manager, sits down with Paul Schroeder, Relationship Manager for Insurance Clients, to discuss the evolving landscape of insurance asset management.
Ken Shinoda: Bond Positioning in a Cautious Fed Era
DoubleLine Portfolio Manager Ken Shinoda joins Bloomberg TV following the FOMC’s 25-basis-point rate cut to share insights on the Fed’s cautious approach, the outlook for rate cuts and how fiscal risks are shaping the Treasury curve. Shinoda highlights opportunities on the short end of the curve, warns against reaching for yield amid tight credit spreads, and underscores the value of high-quality assets like agency MBS. He also discusses systemic risk concerns, private credit vulnerabilities, and the potential impact of an end to quantitative tightening.