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Data centres: The darlings of discussions but not yet of allocation
02 April 2026Insurers' enthusiasm for the sector is tempered by doubts over concentration risk, obsolescence, exits and even whether the assets belong in real estate at all
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Investing in private markets: Asset-backed finance gaining ground with insurers
01 April 2026Why the asset class is attracting growing attention from insurers, how allocations are evolving in practice, and what risks and constraints investors must navigate
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Highly predictable cashflow assets - still waiting for the goldrush?
30 March 2026The Solvency UK reforms allowing insurers to invest up to 10% of their MA portfolios in 'highly predictable' cashflow assets launched in June 2024, but its positive impact was not immediately clear
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Insurance Risk Data: Private market and self-originated investing by Europe's insurers
27 March 2026Analysts at Insurance Risk Data share key insights from their latest research on private market and self-originated investing among European insurers
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Rethinking real estate
26 March 2026For years, real estate sat comfortably inside insurers' portfolios: a long-duration asset class offering income, diversification and, in a world of ultra-low interest rates, a relatively easy route to attractive returns.
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L&G and Manulife form asset management partnership
25 March 2026Designed to leverage Manulife's capabilities in North America
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Insurers still hungry for private assets, Goldman Sachs Survey finds
25 March 2026Goldman Sachs' 15th annual global insurance survey finds an industry that is increasingly targeting private credit, private equity, and infrastructure
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Real Estate giving back allocation to other asset classes, insurers say
25 March 2026Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Investing in Private Markets conference unenthusiastic about data centres
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European insurers to increase illiquid and private markets assets, Moody's predicts
20 March 2026Ratings agency also says fixed income quality gains have likely peaked
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Chart of the Week: institutional investors eye private markets over next half-decade
20 March 2026Survey from Nuveen finds most expect to add at least one new type of private/alternative credit to portfolio by 2028