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  • MetLife investments rebound spectacularly from last year

    05 August 2021

    Insurer posts 49% investment gain to make up for sagging underwriting performance

  • Hedge fund's $1.5bn loss puts insurer assets under threat

    04 August 2021

    Alphadyne hit by interest rate plunge over the summer

  • Clean energy transition represents $16trn investment opportunity

    03 August 2021

    Pandemic "black swan" has focused minds on ESG, Manulife IM says

  • Prudential Financial links borrowing facility to ESG success

    03 August 2021

    Borrowing costs of $4bn credit facility dependent on insurer's ability to reduce GHG emissions and improve diversity

  • US government seeks investment documents from Allianz

    02 August 2021

    AllianzGI's Structured Alpha funds at centre of investigation and litigation

  • Market faces threat of collapse similar to last March

    30 July 2021

    Red flags abound as asset prices push towards extreme valuations, says Guggenheim

  • Investor group invests three-digit €m in Finnish senior secured green bond

    22 July 2021

    Sun Life Assurance and a German insurer amongst investors

  • IAR summer issue out: awaiting Cupid's arrow

    21 July 2021

    Carbon neutrality - the object of CIOs' desire. Free to download.

  • The RBC changes: a slow-moving Titanic

    20 July 2021

    It is a slow change, even by the notoriously slow standards of the insurance industry. However, the soon-to-be instigated changes to the NAIC's risk-based capital charges on fixed income assets could have significant ramifications for the US insurance investment portfolio. And many don't like it. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Chart of the week: Stephen Catlin's rocket

    16 July 2021

    Convex Capital's general account gained 66% in fair value despite turbulence in 2020