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Regulation redefines relations between insurers and asset managers
27 September 2018In the second part of Insurance Asset Risk's insurer-asset manager survey we examine how Solvency II has shifted the dynamic for insurance asset managers. Insurers are not always getting the tailor-made solutions, research and expertise they ask for. By Sarfraz Thind
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Insurers and asset managers: a relationship in turmoil
13 September 2018The relationship between insurers and their asset manager is evolving, shifted by macroeconomic changes, regulations, fee pressures and new asset dynamics. Insurers say they want more from their asset managers. But more of what precisely? And how are managers responding? IAR asks the industry. By Sarfraz Thind
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Illiquid credits tops insurers' asset class diversification plans
05 July 2018The audience of the Insurance Asset Risk EMEA conference answered a series of questions on their main concerns and investment strategies going forward. Vincent Huck reports on the findings
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Foresters Friendly ready to dump sterling assets to tackle Brexit
09 May 2018Corrado Pistarino, chief investment officer at Foresters Friendly, outlines his firm's risk management strategy if things deteriorate with Brexit and what asset managers need to do in order to win mandates from insurance clients. By Cintia Cheong
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Foresters Friendly poaches Pistarino from Aviva Investors for CIO role
10 January 2018Corrado Pistarino joins from Aviva Investors, where he was most recently head of insurance LDI
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Low yields and the Darwinian battle facing life insurers
31 October 2016The life sector must adapt to survive under Solvency II with low investment yields, says the former chief investment officer of Alliance Bernstein, Erik Vynckier. He talks to David Walker
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Less than 3% of managers have substantial insurer assets, says Spence Johnson
28 October 2016Insurers say long-lasting dedication to sector is crucial