Looking Ahead: The 2026 Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report
For more than a decade, the Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report (IIOR) has served as the industry’s standard directory of insurance-focused investment managers and consultants.
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For more than a decade, the Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report (IIOR) has served as the industry’s standard directory of insurance-focused investment managers and consultants.

Improved risk visibility is critical as organisations increasingly see opportunities in private markets. Making full use of enhanced technology and platforms that can integrate data plays a central role as firms expand the asset classes they invest in, particularly given the regulatory pressures driving technology spending across the APAC region.

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2025 was another year where doomsayers got it very wrong. After the new White House introduced sweeping tariffs in the spring, many pundits and economists predicted a hard landing for the economy: a melt-up in prices, due to tariffs, and a meltdown in the business environment, as companies grappled with increased costs.
For more than a decade, the Insurance Investment Outsourcing Report (IIOR) has served as the industry’s standard directory of insurance-focused investment managers and consultants.
Join our economist Matthew Vegari, Head of Research at CWAN, as he challenges common assumptions about this unique business cycle.
Our recent survey of APAC insurance asset managers – representing $2.6 trillion in AUM across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia – revealed that insurers are becoming far more comfortable handing a larger share of their assets to external managers.
Across APAC, executives managing $3.8 trillion in assets face a perfect storm: slowing growth, tightening regulations, and legacy systems that can’t keep pace.
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