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Prudential affiliate joins Allianz in emerging markets infrastructure foray
30 June 2017Eastspring Investments commits $500m to World Bank programme
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Consortium including Munich Re and China Life acquires US parking infrastructure firm
30 June 2017The asset offers portfolio diversification and sustainable, calculable cash-flows
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Why Aegon, Allianz, Aviva and NN are well prepared for rising rates
30 June 2017Many loans and mortgages offer resilience to interest rate volatility, and with talk of rising rates becoming more frequent – whether through optimism or anticipation – IAR unmasks the largest life insurers' allocations to the lesser-used asset classes. David Walker Reports
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Axa IMRA buys €22m residential property portfolio in Finland
30 June 2017Manager's German special residential fund buys the portfolio from LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance
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Insurer-owned UK asset managers grow AuM faster than rivals
29 June 2017Moody's survey reveals UK asset managers grew AuM during 2015 and 2016, but fee pressure dampens revenue growth
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Chinese insurers eye foreign alternatives markets
29 June 2017Senior investors expect regulatory loosening in 2018, allowing firms to increase overseas investment
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NN IP negotiates political uncertainty with advanced analytics
29 June 2017Firm analysed market sentiment using self-teaching algorithms, big data and social media during US election
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FCA report damns opaque asset management fees and underperformance
28 June 2017A new dawn for industry, say participants, as regulator pushes for all-in fee
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Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments
28 June 2017Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports
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L&G puts £100m into £1bn UK rolling stock mandate
28 June 2017Deal marks the insurer's second investment into UK rail fleets