OUR JOURNEY
Insight launches as an investment manager focused on providing client-oriented investment solutions.
2002
Insight develops more precise and efficient forms of liability-driven investment (LDI).
We pioneer the use of interest rate and inflation derivative strategies to hedge liability risks and reduce funding volatility for pension plans.
Insight identifies arbitrage opportunities between physical and derivative hedge instruments, helping clients to maintain the integrity of their hedges at a lower cost.
Founding signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
Introduced sophisticated pooled funds to help pension plans of all sizes to hedge interest rate and inflation risks more precisely.
Developed institutional-quality absolute return fixed income strategies for the wholesale market to better align client returns with their target outcomes.
2003
2004
2005
2006
Introduced equity, credit, currency and property overlays to help clients utilise capital more efficiently to manage risk and gain market exposure.
BNY acquires Insight, and Insight focuses on risk management and fixed income investment for institutional clients.
Insight creates its buy-and-maintain approach to credit, helping clients meet specific yield, duration and credit-quality objectives with limited turnover and transaction costs.
Insight's proactive and in-depth engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders leads to an exemption for pension plans from clearing derivatives under major European regulations.
Insight is first recognised in a survey of UK investment consultants as the leading liability-driven investment (LDI) manager, a position it has held in every annual survey since (source: Coalition Greenwich).
2008
2010
2011
2009
Insight launches pooled LDI funds for pension plans of all sizes.
2012
Insight adds currency-risk management capabilities, integrating BNY affiliate and specialist investment manager Pareto.
Insight expands access to its capabilities to clients in North America and Australia.
Insight is first recognised in a survey of UK investment consultants as the leading fixed income manager, a position it has held in 10 out of 12 years since (source: Coalition Greenwich).
2013
Insight offers access to secured finance assets to help unlock the complexity premium for clients.
Insight deepens its US fixed income and solutions capabilities through the acquisition by BNY of specialist fixed income investment manager Cutwater Asset Management.
2015
Insight introduces proprietary ESG ratings which aim to highlight financially material ESG risks for corporate bond issuers.
Insight becomes the first to offer pension plans a new source of liquidity with a government liquidity solution using non-bank repo.
2016
Insight pioneers self-managed de-risking models to help plans replicate the characteristics of insurance risk transfer contacts without the need to pay a premium, helping them to achieve their endgame targets with greater certainty.
Introduces proprietary climate risk ratings which aim to highlight financially material risks related to climate change for corporate bond issuers.
2017
Introduces the industry’s first maturing fixed income benchmarks to support liquidity management using cashflow-driven investing (CDI) solutions.
Insight establishes a Dublin-based entity to serve EU clients.
2018
Pioneered integrated solutions with multiple pension clients to target their objectives with greater precision.
2019
Insight expands its fixed income capabilities further through the incorporation of efficient beta, US municipal bond and stable value capabilities of Mellon Investments.
2021
Insight supports clients through the gilts crisis, applying our expertise and experience to engage with the Bank of England and directly with policymakers on the key issues.
Introduces the ability to use corporate bond allocations as collateral for pension scheme clients’ liability hedges.
2022
Insight introduces holistic analysis for pension clients to project outcomes from different strategies and assets, supporting a clear step forward in informed decision-making and strategic goal-setting.
2023
Insight further enhances key strategies to support pension scheme clients, including methodologies to hedge inflation risk and to enhance the risk/return profile of buy-and-maintain bond strategies.
2024
Raman Srivastava appointed as Insight Investment CEO.
BNY Wealth transitions US municipal bond and taxable fixed income investment team to Insight.
Insight launches US separately managed account (SMA) platform to provide customised portfolios for individuals in retail and wealth markets.
Insight innovates on the SMA platform introducing a series of high-quality laddered taxable bond portfolios aiming to deliver consistent cashflows and a passive duration profile.
Insight introduces a fiduciary management capability for UK DB schemes, meaning our clients can now delegate decision-making to the extent they deem necessary to focus on strategic objectives.
2025
Insight innovates with the launch of Insight Personal Bond SMA in the US.
Insight introduces flexible tactical asset-allocation overlay to enable the world’s largest institutional investors to dynamically and efficiently adjust their asset exposures at speed.
Five municipal bond and taxable fixed income US mutual funds convert to ETFs.
2026