Halden reportsFinance & capital
Halden report · Finance & capitalDo assets match liabilities?
Yes: Halden holds £1,050m of assets against £955m of net reserves. Every currency sits inside its duration tolerance.
Assets and liabilities
Halden's investments and asset-liability matching, built by Context Visualised.
Asset and liability matching
- £1,050mInvested assets
- £955mNet technical provisions
- 110%Assets cover liabilities
- −0.25 yrsOverall duration gaptolerance ±0.5 yrs
Duration by currency
Assets 2.8 · liabilities 3.0 yrs- Assets
- Liabilities
- Gap outside tolerance
- USD−0.3 yrs£600m assets · £560m liabilities · 107% covered
- GBP+0.2 yrs£230m assets · £200m liabilities · 115% covered
- EUR−0.4 yrs£120m assets · £110m liabilities · 109% covered
- CAD+0.1 yrs£50m assets · £45m liabilities · 111% covered
- AED−0.4 yrs£50m assets · £40m liabilities · 125% covered
The line between the dots is the duration gap. Red would mark a gap outside the ±0.5 year tolerance. Every currency sits inside it this quarter.
Portfolio
Book yield 4.3% · 1.6% sub-investment grade- Government bonds 40%
- Corporate bonds 36%
- Covered bonds & supranationals 6%
- Cash & money market 14%
- Lloyd's trust funds & deposits 2%
- Equities 2%
- Holding£ · rating
- US Treasury 2.00% 2028USD · Sovereign · duration 2.1£150mAA+
- UK Gilt 4.25% 2030GBP · Sovereign · duration 3.8£90mAA
- US Treasury 4.00% 2031USD · Sovereign · duration 4.6£80mAA+
- German Bund 2.50% 2029EUR · Sovereign · duration 2.8£40mAAA
- UK Gilt 1.00% 2032GBP · Sovereign · duration 5.6£35mAA
- Canada 3.00% 2030CAD · Sovereign · duration 3.4£25mAAA
- Holding£ · rating
- Northbridge Bank 4.25% 2029USD · Financials · duration 2.9£42mA+
- Orion Tech 4.35% 2028USD · Technology · duration 1.8£40mAA
- Meridian Pharma 4.60% 2028USD · Healthcare · duration 1.9£38mAA-
- Atlas Telecom 3.80% 2030USD · Telecoms · duration 3.6£35mBBB+
- Calder Utilities 4.10% 2031GBP · Utilities · duration 4.2£30mA-
- Holloway Energy 5.10% 2030USD · Energy · duration 3.3£28mBBB
- Fennick Insurance 3.60% 2029EUR · Financials · duration 2.8£26mA
- Granite Rail 4.00% 2032GBP · Industrials · duration 5.1£24mA
- Westmark Retail 4.90% 2029USD · Consumer · duration 2.7⚠ On the edge of investment grade£22mBBB-
- Solent Water 3.75% 2033GBP · Utilities · duration 5.6£20mBBB+
- Pinecrest Foods 4.15% 2031CAD · Consumer · duration 4.1£20mA-
- Gulf Infrastructure sukuk 4.50% 2029AED · Infrastructure · duration 2.9£20mA
- Kessler Auto 4.70% 2027EUR · Autos · duration 1.2£18mBBB
- Tarn Capital 5.40% 2030USD · Financials · duration 3.4⚠ Sub-investment grade£17mBB+
- Holding£ · rating
- European Investment Bank 3.00% 2030EUR · Supranational · duration 3.6£25mAAA
- World Bank 4.00% 2029USD · Supranational · duration 2.8£20mAAA
- Nordic covered bond 2.75% 2031EUR · Covered · duration 4.3£15mAAA
- Holding£ · rating
- USD money market fundUSD · Liquidity · duration 0.1£70mAAA
- GBP money market fundGBP · Liquidity · duration 0.1£40mAAA
- AED term depositsAED · Deposits · duration 0.2£25mA
- EUR term depositsEUR · Deposits · duration 0.1£15mA+
- Holding£ · rating
- US situs trust fundsUSD · Regulatory · duration 0.5£12mn/a
- Overseas regulatory depositsCAD · Regulatory · duration 0.5£8mn/a
- Holding£ · rating
- Global equity index fundUSD · Equity · duration 0.0£20mn/a
Technical provisions
- £1,315mGross best estimate
- £955mNet best estimate
- £60mRisk margin
Net best estimate liabilities have a duration of 3.0 years, driven by long-tail casualty. Reinsurers’ share is £360m.
- Property£210mGross £290mRI share 28%Duration 1.6 yrsClaims provision 80% · premium provision 20%
- Specialty£150mGross £205mRI share 27%Duration 2.0 yrsClaims provision 75% · premium provision 25%
- Casualty£430mGross £560mRI share 23%Duration 4.4 yrsClaims provision 88% · premium provision 12%
- Reinsurance£95mGross £135mRI share 30%Duration 1.7 yrsClaims provision 85% · premium provision 15%
- Cyber£70mGross £125mRI share 44%Duration 2.2 yrsClaims provision 72% · premium provision 28%
Net best estimate by product, with its gross figure, the reinsurers’ share and duration. The thin bar compares size against casualty, the largest book. Claims provisions cover claims already incurred; premium provisions cover future claims on unexpired cover.
The line between each pair of dots is the duration gap for that currency. Red would mark a gap outside the tolerance.
Source: Quarterly Asset Data and Quarterly Solvency Return, Q3 2026; investment manager holdings report at 30 Sep 2026.
What it tells us this quarter
- −0.4 years
Dirham (AED) assets have a duration of 1.4 years, against 1.8 years for the Gulf claims they back. The gap of −0.4 years sits inside the ±0.5 year tolerance.
- 1.6%
Sub-investment grade assets are 1.6% of the portfolio, all in one bond: Tarn Capital, rated BB+.
- 110%
Assets cover net reserves 110%, at a book yield of 4.3%.
What we did about it
From Halden's action log.
- ACT-045
Decide hold or sell on Tarn Capital (BB+)
- Owner
- Chief Financial Officer
- Policy (approved by)
- Investment · Risk & capital committee
- Due
- 15 Oct 2026
Actions are listed under the policy they sit in. The action log does not record a deciding committee.
Where the numbers come from
Holdings follow Lloyd's quarterly and annual asset data returns (QAD and AAD): every holding with its rating, currency and duration. Liabilities are the net best estimate of technical provisions.
- Board dataQuarterly Asset Data and Quarterly Solvency Return, Q3 2026; investment manager holdings report at 30 Sep 2026
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