Asian insurers eye more investment outsourcing

Insurers in Asia Pacific are keener to outsource more investments next year than those elsewhere in the world, but they are the most downbeat in terms of outlook, according to a new Goldman Sachs Asset Management survey.* Nearly four in 10 (38%) of insurance companies in the region said they intended to hand more assets to external managers in the coming 12 months, as against the worldwide average of 18% (click on figure below left). The greatest demand for increased outsourcing…