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Generali Investments shuffles leadership with two senior hires as unit seeks external mandates

New tools for understanding the impact of investment decisions on capital

Insurers are under increasing pressure to manage the sensitivity of solvency ratios to their asset mix, but even sophisticated internal models may not be up to this task. Steven Morrison describes an alternative approach using proxy modelling

State Street offers machine learning to interpret investment research

Manulife Asset Management grows institutional assets by 15%

Manulife eyes 'fast-growing' Philippines market with three fund launches

Three retail fund launches reflect the "rapid growth" of the middle-class population

French insurer to double green investments

Green bonds will be the focus for BNP Paribas Cardif

Rumours surface of Axa's search for Axa IM partner

Reports suggest the insurer has opened talks with French asset managers about mergers

Appetite for alternatives brings credit risk concerns for China's insurers

Moody's warns small and medium-sized insurers are most at risk, as regulatory and economic factors encourage less familiar investments

PIC buys £60m social housing bonds

Social housing investments nearing £1bn

Lower infra corporates capital charge ineffective without trusted pipeline

Policymakers must develop new funding models to unlock insurer investments, says S&P