BlackRock(US:BLK) Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-10-21 08:52Core Insights - Inflation has emerged as the primary macro risk for insurance companies, cited by 63% of respondents in BlackRock's "2025 Global Insurance Report" [1] - Overall risk appetite remains low, with only 12% of respondents planning to increase risk exposure by 2025 [1] - There is a structural trend of insurance companies shifting towards private market investments, with 30% of respondents planning to increase private market allocations and 58% intending to maintain current levels [1] Group 1: Private Market Investments - Private credit, infrastructure, and diversified alternative strategies are the most favored investment areas among insurance companies [1] - In the Asia-Pacific region, 79% of insurance professionals plan to maintain or increase private market allocations in the next 12 months [1] - Notably, 64% of insurance professionals in the region identify diversified alternative strategies as a primary expansion target, significantly higher than Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (52%) and North America (37%) [1] Group 2: Public Market Preferences - In the public market, insurance professionals in the region prefer derivatives (39%), government bonds (39%), and municipal bonds (37%) [1] - This preference indicates a strategy to balance safe investments with flexible risk management tools to quickly adjust and optimize portfolios in response to market uncertainties [1] Group 3: Survey Details - The report surveyed 463 senior investment professionals across 33 markets, representing $23 trillion in managed assets, with 25% of respondents from the Asia-Pacific region managing over $7 trillion [2]