Archive

  • RLAM's multi-asset credit fund designed with insurers in mind

    21 July 2017

    Will invest in high yield debt, leveraged loans, asset backed securities and emerging market debt

  • Insurers blame asset managers for insufficient look-through

    21 July 2017

    European insurers pass the buck onto asset managers for lack of reporting data, but Eiopa pursues a hard line with underwriters facing difficulty getting hands on investment data. David Walker reports

  • Beazley rides high on growth assets and corporate debt

    21 July 2017

    Increased allocation to growth assets also helps the specialist insurer improve investment returns

  • Axa IMRA buys three Milan office buildings for €83m

    21 July 2017

    Acquisitions give the manager full ownership of Milan's Bodio business park

  • M&G acquires €59.3m Danish industrial portfolio

    20 July 2017

    Manager sees potential for yield compression in Danish logistics sector, with low new supply and low vacancies

  • 'How do I report my Deutschmark bonds?': Eiopa publishes Pillar III queries

    20 July 2017

    Investments prove to be the single most challenging aspect of Pillar III reporting

  • Private debt blues

    19 July 2017

    Private debt seems the perfect fit for insurance investors with its long-term horizon, better-than-average returns and graspable risk for those used to dealing with fixed income. Yet the regulatory stance on the asset has not been overly clear so far. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Largest North American insurers grow asset books

    19 July 2017

    MetLife, Prudential, Berkshire Hathaway and Manulife report material growth of total assets

  • Direct lending - an attractive source of long-term return

    An allocation into direct lending can provide insurers a diversified source of higher, less volatile returns over a longer-term time horizon

  • German insurer puts €600m into European real estate fund

    18 July 2017

    Sole investor in Luxembourg-domiciled fund, which promises greater flexibility under Solvency II