Archive

  • APAC Week - Is Sompo about to land (yet) another overseas M&A in Aspen?

    26 August 2025

    After the Americas-haul by Japanese groups so far, 'looks like you're gonna need a bigger boat'...

  • 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

  • Swiss alternatives investor buys into Viridium as Cinven departs

    04 August 2025

    And Japan's T&D Holdings reveals purchase price and size of its own stake

  • Comment - T&D Holdings spends $100m on FWD stake, adding to Viridium and Fortitude Re holdings

    26 June 2025

    Acquisitive Japanese group is expanding its burgeoning global strategic portfolio

  • FWD targeting up to HK$4bn proceeds from July IPO, offering document shows

    26 June 2025

    Public trading in Hong Kong group's equity expected to start on 7 July

  • Viridium hails change in ownership as "very good news for our clients"

    03 June 2025

    Change in ownership hoped to be completed by December

  • Chart of the Week - Why Germany's 'silent life book run-off' could be a rainmaker for BlackRock

    04 April 2025

    Fitch estimates €100bn of German life books still up for consolidation

  • Fitch predicts boost for Viridium's asset management arm from BlackRock deal

    04 April 2025

    Asset manager is in consortium buying Cinven out of life consolidator

  • APAC Weekly - Japan's insurers may not 'roar' in overseas M&A deals, but increasingly they want the lion's share

    24 March 2025

    It would be misplaced to say the Japanese want back-row seats in global expansion

  • T&D Holdings to pay JPY 120bn as part of Viridium buyer consortium

    21 March 2025

    Japanese group will hold 29.9% of the life book consolidator if the deal is allowed