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US bond sell off not a problem for now
05 October 2018Market participants remain calm over US treasury jitters
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Risk management and optimizing investment strategies
23 August 2018Insurers want more alternative assets but struggle to evaluate the optimum risk/return portfolio
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US insurers pulling out of hedge funds
14 August 2018Although insurers tend to have relatively low exposures to hedge funds, in recent years investments in the asset class have dropped amongst US insurers. However, changes in the economic environment suggest this trend could be reversed in the coming years. Vincent Huck reports
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Trump tax law decimates P&C demand for municipal bonds
11 April 2018Last year's US tax law is destroying insurer demand for municipal bonds, once considered the most attractive surplus cash investment for the country's property and casualty insurers. Sarfraz Thind reports
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A look back and forward
27 December 2017The current year was relatively benign for the insurance investment industry. But 2018 holds new challenges. What risks and what opportunities should investors be looking at in the coming year? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Conning to acquire major stake in emerging and frontier market specialist
22 December 2017Investment management firm Conning is to acquire a 45% stake in Global Evolution, a fellow investment manager focusing on emerging and frontier market debt strategies.
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Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates
05 April 2017Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.
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Investment expenses jumped as yields fell for Lloyd's syndicates
03 April 2017As Lloyd's syndicates begin to report their 2016 results, David Walker looks back at the 2015 figures and finds that investment expenses rose about 10% in 2015, but yields fell almost 40%.
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Allied World loses CIO
01 February 2017John Gauthier departed "without cause under his employment agreement"
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Sega drives Conning to new frontiers
11 January 2017Rich Sega has been driving Conning towards a more diversified asset base to meet the challenges that US insurers face in the low yield environment. He talks to Sarfraz Thind about the shifting demands of US insurers.