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  • Insurers raise allocations to high-dividend equity strategies

    16 February 2016

    Better liability matching, accounting and tax treatments motivate switch, say asset managers

  • Insurers tweak fixed-income approaches to be ready for rate rises

    20 August 2015

    There are still many ways to make money in fixed-income amid the uncertainty over when rates will start to tick up. Insurers are adopting varied approaches as they also get ready for the new constraints Solvency II will introduce in just over four months. David Turner reports

  • BlackRock stays top of insurance asset manager rankings

    24 June 2015

    Increases lead while J P Morgan shows fastest growth, according to IIOR

  • Private equity seen as giving insurers best returns

    27 April 2015

    The latest GSAM survey casts light on the asset classes insurers favour over the next 12 months, where they see the best returns, differences between CIOs and CFOs and the impact of regulation on investment decisions

  • Goldman Sachs AM to acquire Pacific Global Advisors

    24 April 2015

    Pacific Life Insurance sells firm it bought in 2011

  • Insurers' private equity investment gets a fillip from Brussels

    30 October 2014

    Clarification of the Solvency II capital charges will clear the way for more insurers to embrace the asset class, joining those already attracted by the superior returns

  • Goldman and JPMorgan shoot up insurance outsourcers ranking

    16 September 2014

    But BlackRock and DeAWM continue to lead

  • Strategic Asset Alliance recruits consultant

    12 September 2014

    Mohr joins insurance investment advisory team

  • 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

  • Asset managers increase insurance AuM

    10 July 2014

    Specialist expertise key in attracting clients