11 August 2025

Every bonus has its onus

Analysis

07 August 2025

Secret strategist: UK gov lacks "concrete" answers for encouraging investment

In the wake of the 'Leeds Reforms' and the chancellor's Mansion House speech, a strategist at a European insurer tells Josh Adcock the tone is encouraging but the detail is missing
06 August 2025

Was last week the week that stalled the US economy? Insurers react to latest Fed moves

The Fed opted to hold rates last week, but the next day a worse-than-expected jobs report rocked US confidence
04 August 2025

Insurers say EU and UK solvency reforms are too timid

Has the PRA been "ludicrously slow" to adapt to growing insurer demand for private and productive assets, and is the European Commission following suit?
30 July 2025

Direct lending - the view from Europe

M&G's co-head of private credit origination gives an overview of its growth plans in Europe and where it's found its niche

News

  • Aviva Investors appoints Schroders alumnus to lead relationship with Aviva

    11 August 2025

  • PIC signs £4.3bn BPA deal with Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund

    11 August 2025

  • FX blows heavy tailwind at QBE's half-year investment result

    11 August 2025

  • Manulife acquires private credit manager Comvest for $937.5m

    08 August 2025

  • PGIM's senior loan fund reaches $4.2bn final close

    08 August 2025

  • M&G's impact manager expands into climate adaptation finance

    08 August 2025

  • France's La Securite Familiale updates loss provisioning for commercial property bond

    08 August 2025

  • Chart of the Week: Groupe MAF sets out projections for net financial profits, to 2028

    08 August 2025

  • Groupe France Mutuelle sings praises of structured bond market revival

    08 August 2025

  • La Mutuelle Generale undertakes major GA reshuffle as CNP tie-up takes effect

    08 August 2025

  • MEAG acquires Amsterdam resi property from Union Investment

    07 August 2025

  • M&G Real Estate makes first Korean resi investment

    07 August 2025

  • La Caisse acquires stake in new Canadian wireless towers operator

    07 August 2025

  • Allianz asset managers grow profits, but FX moves dent external AuM

    07 August 2025

  • Just Group originated 80% of its £1bn of illiquids inhouse in H1

    07 August 2025

  • L&G H1 results boosted by booming PRT business

    06 August 2025

  • Manulife IM-backed firm forms new Baltic towers JV

    06 August 2025

  • Non-US insurers cutting US exposure, research finds

    06 August 2025

Market Insight

What is a CLO?

CLOs provide an efficient, scalable way of investing in floating-rate loans while offering structural protection that has historically performed well through multiple credit cycles.

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Most Read
  1. La Mutuelle Generale undertakes major GA reshuffle as CNP tie-up takes effect
  2. Manulife acquires private credit manager Comvest for $937.5m
  3. M&G Real Estate makes first Korean resi investment
  4. M&G's impact manager expands into climate adaptation finance
  5. Standard Life signs £1.9bn BPA deal with Marsh McLennan-sponsored pension fund
  6. Groupe France Mutuelle sings praises of structured bond market revival
  7. PGIM's senior loan fund reaches $4.2bn final close
  8. Just Group originated 80% of its £1bn of illiquids inhouse in H1
  9. APAC Weekly - South Korea's life industry joins APAC's buyers in overseas M&A
  10. Chart of the Week: Groupe MAF sets out projections for net financial profits, to 2028

Spotlight: Responsible Investing 2025

30 June 2025

Behind the scenes: Inside L&G's unique investment in Togo

Insurers seen as prime candidates for development banks looking to broaden their investment bases
18 June 2025

Has impact investing taken a hit?

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's EMEA 2025 conference in London discussed the challenges faced by insurers around impact and sustainable investing, the ESG backlash, and the possibility of a new dawn for the practice
05 June 2025

In defence of defence investments

AllianzGI clarifies its views on the interplay between defence investments and sustainable investments, and points the finger at the ambiguity of Article 8
02 June 2025

ESG fund outflows: a positive sustainability story

If recent media reports are to be believed, investors are legging it out of ESG and sustainable funds as the topic has now become toxic in the current political environment.

Focus on Asia Pacific

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30 July 2025

Direct lending - the view from Europe

M&G's co-head of private credit origination gives an overview of its growth plans in Europe and where it's found its niche

  • FX blows heavy tailwind at QBE's half-year investment result

  • PGIM's senior loan fund reaches $4.2bn final close

  • M&G Real Estate makes first Korean resi investment

  • APAC Weekly - South Korea's life industry joins APAC's buyers in overseas M&A

  • Sompo Holdings launches unit for growth investments and venture capital

  • Japan Post Insurance Invests $2bn in Global Atlantic vehicle

  • APAC Weekly - Japan and its insurers prepare for 'The Big One'

  • Axa IM Alts acquires first Tokyo retail asset

  • T&D life units commit to JPY 10bn sustainability-linked bond from NEC

  • Japan's major earthquake reinsurer backs district's 'disaster prevention bond'

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers welcome fork in the road for their guarantees and returns

  • China Life AM maps out Chinese insurers' appetite for alternatives

Outsourcing

  • La Mutuelle Generale undertakes major GA reshuffle as CNP tie-up takes effect

  • Voya IM spies opportunity in space, as Trump/Musk's once-stellar friendship crashes to earth

  • BlackRock fund look-through wins SCR breathing room for LV insurer

  • Entries open for Insurance Asset Risk Awards 2025 - North Americas

People

  • Aviva Investors appoints Schroders alumnus to lead relationship with Aviva

  • M&G Investments appoints director of asset management operations

  • Schroders appoints head of value equities

  • Hanwha Life expects asset management synergies with US acquisition

Regulation

  • Secret strategist: UK gov lacks "concrete" answers for encouraging investment

  • Gibraltar underwriter reveals debt default and trim to illiquid assets

  • Insurers say EU and UK solvency reforms are too timid

  • Please sir, we want some more... support to invest in UK productive assets

Systems/Data

  • PGIM launches real assets AI academy in Abu Dhabi

  • NAIC speaks out against planned moratorium on AI regulation

  • IAR EMEA 2025: Private credit RE lending getting more interesting, but market not fully repaired yet

  • Insurance Asset Risk EMEA 2025 round up: are markets optimistic or complacent?