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Data centres: The darlings of discussions but not yet of allocation

Insurers' enthusiasm for the sector is tempered by doubts over concentration risk, obsolescence, exits and even whether the assets belong in real estate at all

Rethinking real estate

For years, real estate sat comfortably inside insurers' portfolios: a long-duration asset class offering income, diversification and, in a world of ultra-low interest rates, a relatively easy route to attractive returns.

Comment - Where to now for Cronos Vita's 112 outsourcing partners?

The now-shuttered Italian life insurer was the lifeboat for Eurovita's business

Third-party assets at PIMCO and AllianzGI in touching distance of €2trn

Only FX moves stopped the milestone from being achieved in 2025

Pimco Prime Real Estate signs £220m financing deal for Paddington station office development

With JV between Helical and Places for London

Change for the dollar? RLAM says check your currency hedges

US policy uncertainty, potential increases in deficit spending, and challenges to Fed independence raise doubts over greenback's safe haven status

$18trn investor coalition launches 10-year plan to reform global mining

PGIM acquires Frankfurt office property for residential conversion

Deal is second acquisition for firm's German micro-living platform, omniLiv

Allianz asset managers grow profits, but FX moves dent external AuM

Group assets worth €519bn were in its managers' hands at half-year

Insurers to invest in footballers' legs?

The best opportunities for insurers in private markets right now, from ABF and CRE to Lacrosse.