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MS Reinsurance appoints chief investment officer

Lutz Honstetter takes on role reporting to CEO Robert Wiest

Standard Life completes £525m buy-in with Skanska Pension Fund

Buy-in included the novation of the fund's existing longevity swap with Zurich Assurance

Can the Savings and Investments Union transform €33trn of idle wealth into future growth?

Europe is a continent of savers - but not of investors. More than €33trn sits in household financial assets across the EU, much of it in bank deposits earning little or nothing in real terms.

The savings illusion: why Europe needs investment, not deposits - and the insurers' role

With the EU pushing to turn savers into investors, Zurich's Alison Martin says insurers are ready to deliver low-cost, consumer-friendly investment products - but only if the regulatory playing field allows it.

Insurance Development Forum reaches first close on Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund

Blended fund aims to back medium-sized commercial infrastructure projects in Latin America, Asia, and Africa

Investors positive on gilts after UK budget - but sense missed opportunity

Insurers and asset managers concerned about 'back-loading' of fiscal consolidation

A new dawn for Real Estate? A US perspective

Panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's Americas conference in September suggest avoiding generalisations in the RE market

Investors shrug off US government shutdown for now

But warn it could muddy Fed rates trajectory

Carbon pricing at a crossroads: progress, pitfalls, and the EU's CBAM effect

Report by Zurich highlights the coming of age of the market

IAR North America: Retail estate revival set to continue