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  • JPMAM says 15%-25% allocation to real assets is becoming more common

    06 April 2020

    But companies should hold onto more liquids in the short term

  • JP Morgan Asset Management makes senior changes

    27 March 2020

    Bryan Wallace to become head of international fixed income insurance and pensions

  • Insurers advised to stay put with EM holdings amid COVID-19 chaos

    25 March 2020

    With lower ratings than their developed market counterparts and potential economic dependencies to oil, emerging markets are on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. It is raising questions for insurers' allocation to the asset class. Vincent Huck reports

  • AllianzGI poaches BlackRock's head of EMD sustainable investing

    04 February 2020

    Giulia Pellegrini joins as senior portfolio manager

  • Which way is the wind blowing in Hong Kong?

    24 December 2019

    In the last few months the narrative has changed in the pearl of Asia, and it is not all down to protests. Indeed, insurers are shifting their focus on what they perceive to be the biggest challenges and opportunities. Vincent Huck reports

  • Amendments to Solvency II to move the dial on insurers’ equity holdings?

    22 October 2019

    European insurers’ equity holdings remained stable between 2017 and 2018 according to research by Insurance Risk Data, but could the recent amendments to Solvency II rules increase their appetite for the asset class? Vincent Huck reports

  • Will BBB come back to bite?

    17 September 2019

    Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports

  • BlackRock takes top prize in insurance mandates, Insurance Risk Data reveals

    11 September 2019

    BlackRock, Neam, Conning and Goldman Sachs are underwriters’ ‘favourites’ by the number of mandates awarded

  • Chinese insurance investor body forms international advisory committee

    29 May 2019

    Expert group to enhance internationalisation of China’s AM sector

  • Insurers deterred by African fixed income’s perceived risk, despite huge potential

    09 May 2019

    Government policies and liquidity major hurdles for foreign investors