Archive

  • Prudential affiliate joins Allianz in emerging markets infrastructure foray

    30 June 2017

    Eastspring Investments commits $500m to World Bank programme

  • Consortium including Munich Re and China Life acquires US parking infrastructure firm

    30 June 2017

    The asset offers portfolio diversification and sustainable, calculable cash-flows

  • Why Aegon, Allianz, Aviva and NN are well prepared for rising rates

    30 June 2017

    Many 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

  • Axa IMRA buys €22m residential property portfolio in Finland

    30 June 2017

    Manager's German special residential fund buys the portfolio from LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance

  • Insurer-owned UK asset managers grow AuM faster than rivals

    29 June 2017

    Moody's survey reveals UK asset managers grew AuM during 2015 and 2016, but fee pressure dampens revenue growth

  • Chinese insurers eye foreign alternatives markets

    29 June 2017

    Senior investors expect regulatory loosening in 2018, allowing firms to increase overseas investment

  • NN IP negotiates political uncertainty with advanced analytics

    29 June 2017

    Firm analysed market sentiment using self-teaching algorithms, big data and social media during US election

  • FCA report damns opaque asset management fees and underperformance

    28 June 2017

    A new dawn for industry, say participants, as regulator pushes for all-in fee

  • Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments

    28 June 2017

    Insurance 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

  • L&G puts £100m into £1bn UK rolling stock mandate

    28 June 2017

    Deal marks the insurer's second investment into UK rail fleets