Archive

  • 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

  • Japanese lifers looking for a beacon in the equity markets storm

    16 April 2025

    With 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

  • Sumitomo Life ups FY2025 ESG thematic investment target to JPY 1trn

    15 April 2025

    Lifer also expands 2030 asset portfolio GHG emissions reduction target to include all domestic group companies