Archive

  • Pimco brings back Spence and Banet

    30 October 2014

    Worked for the firm under Gross

  • The pros and cons of managing insurers' assets in-house

    17 October 2014

    External management of an insurer's assets may give the company more flexibility, but does it necessarily produce good results? Sarfraz Thind investigates

  • Pimco manager sees opportunities in CoCos

    13 October 2014

    Says investors must lower return expectations for fixed-income

  • Allianz part of consortium buying Porterbrook

    13 October 2014

    Porterbrook owns portfolio of UK rolling-stock leases

  • Latest ABS capital charge reduction still not enough to encourage insurer investment

    17 September 2014

    Market participants say the EC's new Solvency II proposals do not address the key issues

  • Insurers hope any rate rises will be orderly

    27 August 2014

    Rising interest rates pose a dilemma for insurers. Sarfraz Thind looks at how firms are positioning themselves

  • Allianz focusing on infrastructure in low rate environment

    11 August 2014

    Diekmann highlights real assets as investment return drops 16%

  • Metlife purchases Beacon Street Tower Boston property for $561m

    28 July 2014

    Part of real estate joint venture with Norway sovereign wealth fund

  • Allianz takes majority stake in Italian shopping centre

    17 July 2014

    Buys retail property from CBRE Global Investors

  • Solvency II will boost infrastructure investment, says S&P

    07 July 2014

    Agency estimates $80bn annual insurer investment globally