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Pimco brings back Spence and Banet
30 October 2014Worked for the firm under Gross
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The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house
17 October 2014External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates
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Pimco manager sees opportunities in CoCos
13 October 2014Says investors must lower return expectations for fixed-income
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Allianz part of consortium buying Porterbrook
13 October 2014Porterbrook owns portfolio of UK rolling-stock leases
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Latest ABS capital charge reduction still not enough to encourage insurer investment
17 September 2014Market participants say the EC's new Solvency II proposals do not address the key issues
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Insurers hope any rate rises will be orderly
27 August 2014Rising interest rates pose a dilemma for insurers. Sarfraz Thind looks at how firms are positioning themselves
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Allianz focusing on infrastructure in low rate environment
11 August 2014Diekmann highlights real assets as investment return drops 16%
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Metlife purchases Beacon Street Tower Boston property for $561m
28 July 2014Part of real estate joint venture with Norway sovereign wealth fund
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Allianz takes majority stake in Italian shopping centre
17 July 2014Buys retail property from CBRE Global Investors
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Solvency II will boost infrastructure investment, says S&P
07 July 2014Agency estimates $80bn annual insurer investment globally