Archive

  • Schroders to manage £400m of Utmost's annuity book

    27 February 2025

    Following insurer's move into the UK BPA market in January

  • Dai-ichi Life merges local and foreign bond operations into "global bond structure"

    27 February 2025

    Japanese lifer wants better investment returns from its move

  • Axa IM sale supports S&P outlook boost for parent group to 'positive'

    26 February 2025

    Firm would also be resilient to the potential negative impact of a sovereign stress event on France, agency says

  • Phoenix Group's Andy Briggs appointed new ABI president

    25 February 2025

    Replacing Zurich's Tim Bailey with immediate effect

  • Ukraine peace talks would be boost for European EMs, Generali Investments says

    17 February 2025

    Hungary, Romania and Kazakhstan most likely to see benefits

  • How can an asset manager provide an insurer with the best custom fit?

    17 February 2025

    James Bradbury, business development manager on Wellington Management's EMEA insurance team, tells David Walker how the manager's bespoke solutions are cut to fit its customers

  • Private credit not systemic risk, Fitch says, but needs close monitoring

    13 February 2025

    As insurers continue to increase allocations to private asset classes

  • Private markets allocation growth moderating, Aviva Investors finds

    06 February 2025

    In global survey which found diversification a shrinking motivation for private markets investment as illiquidity premium grows in significance

  • Fed to hold rates and ECB to cut next week, AllianzGI says

    24 January 2025

    And favours curve steepeners in both the US and Germany

  • Are the Magnificent Seven the only tech game in town?

    22 January 2025

    AllianzGI's CIO global technology equity, Jeremy Gleeson, discusses the broadening out of tech investments in 2025, why early disappointments are to be expected, and the semiconductor cycle turning point