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  • Sunlife CIO on the art of catching flying daggers

    16 December 2020

    COVID-19 was the 'known unknown' that Randy Brown, CIO at SunLife, has been preparing for the best part of the last five years. So, when markets went into turmoil in H1 2020 the only question that remained was one of timing: when to catch the falling knife? Interview by Vincent Huck

  • SunLife cutting risk in preparation for downturn

    05 April 2019

    Poor compensation for riskier assets in current market, says SunLife CIO Randy Brown

  • Phoenix's Blamont on an illiquid strategy

    10 January 2018

    Daniel Blamont is leading the charge for Phoenix's move into illiquid assets. Having started from nothing three years ago, the insurer has already built up an impressive portfolio and looks set to expand this in the future. By Sarfraz Thind

  • Insurance CIOs, regulators and investment leaders join IAR line up

    22 March 2017

    ABI chief Hugh Savill will discuss effect of changing regulation on insurers' investments

  • Axa may sell UK life and wealth units, Deutsche may sell Abbey Life - sources

    14 April 2016

    Standard Life, L&G, Swiss Re, Phoenix said to be among the bidders