Archive

  • MS&AD confirms outsourcing as Barings deal proceeds

    20 November 2025

    Japanese group is buying 18% of asset manager

  • MS&AD makes $1.4bn investment in Barings

    17 November 2025

    Japanese group is buying 18% stake from MassMutual

  • Sumitomo Life commits to local infrastructure LP

    20 October 2025

    Decarbonisation and social/digital infrastructure are fund's key focal points

  • Sumitomo Life invests in Japanese infra fund

    06 October 2025

    Fund will include projects related to decarbonisation and energy, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure

  • Sumitomo Life invests in social VC fund

    05 September 2025

    MPower Partners Fund II will actively invest in startups using tech to solve social issues

  • Sumitomo Life backs Africa sustainability bond

    19 August 2025

    Africa TICAD Bond is issued by the Japan International Cooperation Agency

  • APAC Weekly - South Korea's life industry joins APAC's buyers in overseas M&A

    05 August 2025

    Hanwha Life is taking a slightly different tack, in acquiring a New York-based clearing house

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers welcome fork in the road for their guarantees and returns

    22 July 2025

    The 82bps difference between big lifers' guarantee and ROI is wider than any year-end since 2012

  • Sumitomo Life reveals second well-being-linked investment in a fortnight

    10 June 2025

    Latest commitment for South Korean musculoskeletal treatment developer

  • Comment - Will Japanese couples stop giving birth to enough insurance CIOs?

    06 June 2025

    A sense of urgency, if not emergency, surrounds insurers' warnings about falling birthrate