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APAC weekly - The mixed prognosis for APAC insurers, private credit and outsourcing
09 July 2024It seems patience will be a virtue, for asset managers wanting private credit mandates from APAC insurers
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Moody's upgrades Hanwha Life for tackling negative spread in legacy book
12 June 2024But agency warns about ongoing "elevated" asset risks with "sizeable exposure" to local project finance and foreign CRE
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Insurers' private credit appetite grows, Moody's says
05 June 2024Strong asset-liability management "essential" due to asset class's illiquidity
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Moody's expects re-invigorated buying of private credit by lifers as rate-cuts loom
16 May 2024Ratings agency presented thorough analysis of drivers of demand by lifers for illiquids/private assets globally
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'Silent run-off' occurring in German life market, says Moody's
16 May 2024Backbook life deals denied and abandoned, have stolen the limelight recently
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CFOs favour stable allocations as concerns over growth persist
16 April 2024Insurers say holdings of illiquid assets unlikely to change in Moody's survey
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Moody's concerned at local-government exposures among some Chinese insurers
26 March 2024Credit conditions for local government funding vehicles are "under stress", ratings agency says
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German backbook deals and run-offs - a €150bn asset industry since 2014
01 February 2024Moody's examined 14 deals, completed, pending and scuttled
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Japanese watchdog gets 21 takers for ESG data code of conduct
22 January 2024Code's founding technical committee chaired by professor Tetsuo Kitagawa of Aoyama Gakuin University
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Life insurers to play it safe in 2024, Moody's says
06 December 2023But insurers set to benefit from continuing high interest rates and booming BPA market