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Largest Portuguese insurer piled up Chinese assets ahead of crash
29 March 2016Fidelidade was acquired by Chinese conglomerate Fosun in 2014
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L&G co-invests £400m in London super port
24 March 2016L&G brings in £250m and the Pension Protection Fund £150m
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Convertible bonds shine brighter under Solvency II
22 March 2016Finding the sweet spot between the yield of an asset and its capital charge has become a core consideration for EU insurers. Convertible bonds may represent a golden opportunity, as Benedicte Gravrand reports
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L&G invests £750m in infrastructure and direct lending in Q1
18 March 2016Investments provide cash flows to back annuity payments
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Majority of Generali's SCR comes from investment risks
18 March 2016Insurer risk-weights sovereign bonds in internal model
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Swiss Life's real estate manager does €3.3bn of deals
17 March 2016€1.8bn in purchases and €1.5bn in sales
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Ping An to acquire quality stocks and real estate to counter yuan weakness
17 March 2016Chinese insurer greatly profited from bullish market in 2015, but must now diversify
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Asian infrastructure both an opportunity and challenge
16 March 2016Asian governments have been looking to spur private investment in infrastructure. But demand is somewhat restrained as tight supply and falling yields make it harder for insurance investors to access local deals. Sarfraz Thind reports
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L&G ramps up direct investments to back annuities
15 March 2016UK insurer plans to write up to £500m of lifetime mortgages
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Generali Real Estate hires in EMEA restructuring
14 March 2016Benelux and German investment managers appointed