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US insurers favour alternatives in outsourcing asset management
26 June 2014US insurers reduce use of third-party managers for core fixed income, increase for alternative investments
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Specialist investment services in demand from insurers
12 June 2014Russell Büsst, Conning's CIO Europe, discusses US muni bonds and trade finance
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Coping with the inflation conundrum
10 June 2014The development of inflation or disinflation in different markets is a critical driver of corporate performance, rather than simply a tactical investment issue, as the case of P&C insurers shows. Etienne Comon explains
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With changing market dynamics, insurers can profit in fixed income
07 May 2014They buy in bulk, their size gives them clout with large fixed-income asset managers and their buy-and-hold outlook insulates them from market swings, as Douglas Niemann explains
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China opens up opportunities for insurance asset management
30 April 2014China Life's outsourcing of a $3.2bn investment mandate and a loosening of strict regulations has kickstarted interest in managing China's insurance assets. Hardeep Dhillon reports
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Friends Life's Mark Versey: "Infrastructure is now a core investment strategy"
22 November 2013Friends Life is now directly investing in both infrastructure and commercial real estate debt after awarding combined mandates of £1bn this year. Jamie Bullen asks chief investment officer Mark Versey what lies behind this new strategy
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Hopes build for better treatment of infrastructure investment under Solvency II
27 September 2013Infrastructure investments provide a great match for insurers' liabilities, but Solvency II's crude view of the investment risk means money is not flowing as fast as it could. Milliman and JP Morgan Asset Management set out the justification for a review