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Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm
16 April 2025With trade wars sending markets haywire, and equities being the highest risk in insurers' investment portfolios, investment and risk teams are holding firm, in the hope of a window of blue sky
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Sumitomo Life ups FY2025 ESG thematic investment target to JPY 1trn
15 April 2025Lifer also expands 2030 asset portfolio GHG emissions reduction target to include all domestic group companies
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Sumitomo Life backs elite sport-tech SME, to help Japan's broader workforce
11 March 2025Tokyo-based investee Euphoria has worked for national-level athletes
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Sumitomo Life outsources local PE investing to emerging management house
06 February 2025D Capital managers had "extensive track record in their previous jobs," lifer says
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Sumitomo Life outsources for local PE/buyout exposure growth
20 January 2025Japanese lifer positions fund purchase as boost for emerging managers
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Sumitomo Life makes post-IPO investment in medical and nursing provider Eucalia
16 December 2024Insurer's JPY 1bn commitment was made through a government fund promoting early-stage investment
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APAC Weekly - Is outsourcing being instrumentalised for national strategies?
03 December 2024It seems infrastructure is not the only kind of investment activity an APAC insurer's CIO can now do, to 'help the nation'
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APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers seek fresh business (and investments) beyond the horizon
05 November 2024A trend gaining quite some traction is overseas expansion, among both general and life insurers as buyers, from Japan, involving a fairly widely-spread mix of targets
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Taiju Life backs Dutch housing with general account
20 August 2024Lifer follows in footsteps of Mitsui Life, in social housing bond purchase
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Sumitomo Life puts JPY 1bn behind its first university VC firm allocation
13 August 2024Tokyo's Keio University gave birth to the KII Impact Fund